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“The U.S. is spending billions of dollars and burning gigawatts of energy in a rush to beat China to the next evolutionary leap in artificial intelligence — one so great, some boosters say, that it will rival the atomic bomb in its power to change the global order,” wrote the WSJ in a recent article…
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“Corporate spending on artificial intelligence is surging as executives bank on major efficiency gains. So far, they report little effect to the bottom line,” wrote NY Times technology and business reporter Steve Lohr in a recent article, “Companies Are Pouring Billions Into A.I. It Has Yet to Pay Off.” “Nearly four decades ago, when the…
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“The rapid rise of compound AI systems (a.k.a., AI agents) is reshaping the labor market, raising concerns about job displacement, diminished human agency, and overreliance on automation,” said “Future of Work with AI Agents,” a recently published paper by researchers from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and the Digital Economy Lab. “Yet, we lack…
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An article in the July 19, 2025 issue of The Economist asked “Why is AI so slow to spread?” in its title. “Talk to executives and before long they will rhapsodise about all the wonderful ways in which their business is using artificial intelligence,” said the article. CEOs proudly bragged about the impact AI is…
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The September 16, 2023 issue of The Economist included a special focus on “How AI Can Revolutionize Science” with three articles on the topic. “Debate about artificial intelligence (AI) tends to focus on its potential dangers: algorithmic bias and discrimination, the mass destruction of jobs and even, some say, the extinction of humanity,” noted the issue’s…
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Artificial intelligence first came to light in the mid-1950s as a promising new academic discipline that aimed to develop intelligent machines capable of handling human-like tasks like natural language and playing chess. AI became one of the most exciting areas in computer sciences in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, but after years of unfulfilled promises…
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“Even in a world with AI superintelligence, one thing will be true: we will always have the responsibility to make tough decisions,” wrote Bharat Chandar, — a postdoctoral researcher at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, — in “AI can’t make your toughest decisions.” “Nearly all consequential choices in life depend on a mix of two…
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The July 26 issue of The Economist included a special focus on “The Economics of Superintelligence” with three articles on the subject. “For most of history the safest prediction has been that things will continue much as they are,” said the lead article. “But sometimes the future is unrecognisable. The tech bosses of Silicon Valley say humanity…
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“Organizations are beginning to create the structures and processes that lead to meaningful value from gen AI,” said “The State of AI — How organizations are rewiring to capture value,” a report published by Quantum Black, McKinsey’s AI unit, in March of 2025. The report noted that organizations are taking steps to drive gen AI’s…
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A report on the 2025 State of Tech Talent was recently published by Linux Foundation Research. “Our results reveal significant shifts in the technical workforce, particularly driven by AI adoption and a shortage of skilled professionals,” wrote authors Adrienn Lawson and Marco Aurelio Gerosa in the report’s Executive Summary. “Contrary to widespread concerns about AI-driven…