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AI Agents Are Coming | Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says artificial intelligence is set to change the way people use smartphones, even if the devices themselves are not going away.

Speaking to CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal on “The T

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Everything he’s talking about seems to be a better UI, but not necessarily new use cases.
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Maybe figure out power cooling chips network and rest of infra first? No? Ok. I do remember this Qualcomm idea years ago for data centers.
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Why is there a need for a CEO when you can use AI?
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🎉😢😮😅😊😂
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when was this recorded? I thought we already had Agents since like 1 year ago
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Unfortunately, many of the usecases presented by the Qualcomm CEO are just solutions for invented problems. Invented for the agentic AI to exist. They don't solve real problems for the usual consumers. Maybe they will be usefull for commercial or industrial consumers but for the regular people I don't see any improvemen of life
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Aside from Christiano Amon, great interview
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@tawa5511 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1
When can we solve the problem of incorporating the sense of smell into technology? For instance, how do we transmit light? Can we transmit the sense of smell in a similar manner?
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They said the same thing about 2025…
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We are really excited 😊
Ai agent is coming for our jobs hurray ❤❤
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itll be raspberry pi type of devices 35.00$ - 100.00$.. phones will be more of a data center of a device as well as you car for data and your homes data banks. your raspberry pi - will be like like a wallet , your phone will be like a brinks truck, your car become like a local bank, and your home will be a Fort Knox. and people gonna be using them to drive or walk they'll out in traffic not paying attention. lots of law suits coming up . 🤔🧐🤐
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@kjkurien From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1
Carpool?
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*Compute continuum (not continue)
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So, now phones will cost 2k minimum, but aren't any better than older models😂
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@mure78 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1
Agent Smith🧑🏻✈️
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Wow I hope I will be able to make phone calls on the mobile device I use chat gpt!
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You didn't ask him about if AI agents like take over iOS and android. Elon Musk said, "I don't think there'll be operating systems. I don't think there'll be apps."
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I am loooking forward to the new devices, hopefully they will not be too expensive.
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المستقبل لي الحواسيب الضوئية الخارقة ❤
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Great podcast episode