The relentless, frenetic excitement surrounding Artificial Intelligence feels familiar. For anyone who remembers the turn of the millennium, it’s a clear echo of the dot-com bubble, a time of speculation about a new technology completely detached from business fundamentals.
Back then, optimism for an internet-driven economy sent stock prices for companies like AOL to astronomical
Many purveyors of AI snake oil delight in forecasting that Skynet is right around the corner. They suggest that Generative AI is so close to AGI (artificial general intelligence, meaning AI apps that can perform most or all tasks as effectively as any human being). They claim that we
How much disruption can we expect from adoption of AI? A new report assesses the issue:
Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure is a comprehensive analysis from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Poland’s National Research Institute (NASK) of the possible effects of Generative AI on the job market. The