2025-06-16
In the @FT today, I argue that if AI is just another productivity tool, the productivity gains will be limited. For lasting economic expansion, AI must catalyze new industries and initiatives. “Had the 19th century focused solely on better looms and ploughs, we would enjoy [image]
Financial Times
AI is just another productivity tool and the productivity gains will be limited; for lasting economic expansion, AI must catalyze new industries and initiatives
Economic miracles stem from discovery, not repeating tasks at greater speed — The writer is author of 'How Progress Ends … Bluesky: @eicathomefinn and @dncampbell X: @mrrbourne ,...
2023-10-16
AI could “undermine financial stability and unleash the next crisis” if parties base their decisions on the same data model, leading to herd behaviour. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Gary Gensler says it's “nearly unavoidable” that AI will cause a financial crisis if many institutions rely on the same underlying base model or data aggregator
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2023-02-20
Amateur Go player beats cutting-edge AI based on rarely used strategy. Underlines how AI still struggles to learn from small data - a key bottleneck going forward. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
An amateur Go player beat a top-ranked AI system in 14 of 15 games, using tactics suggested by a computer program that had analyzed the AI system for weaknesses
But a human just trounced one of the world's best Go AIs 14 games to 1: https://arstechnica.com/... … Tweets: @0xabad1dea : the overwhelming moral of the story recently is that AI ...
2022-01-01
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the use of registered industrial drones surged from 12,000 in 2015 to nearly 500,000 by 2020. This “appears to be at an inflection point demonstrating powerful stages of growth”. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
A look at the burgeoning drone software and AI industry, a focus for an estimated 65 US startups, often for military uses
Patrick McGee / Financial Times : Tweets: @thuttag and @carlbfrey Tweets: Thu Thu Aung / @thuttag : Drone innovation moves from hardware to self-flying software https://giftarticl...
2021-10-18
Apple's advertising business has tripled (!!!) its market share in the 6 months after it introduced privacy changes to iPhones. https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Analysis: Apple Search Ads now account for 58% of iOS app installs from an ad click, up from 17% a year ago; Apple to earn $5B from its ads business in FY 2021
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2021-10-17
Apple's advertising business has tripled (!!!) its market share in the 6 months after it introduced privacy changes to iPhones. https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Analysis: Apple Search Ads now account for 58% of iOS app installs from an ad click, up from 17% a year ago; Apple to earn $5B from its ads business in FY 2021
iPhone maker's share of mobile app advertising market has tripled in six months — Apple's advertising business has more than tripled …