"Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) risks becoming a speculative bubble unless its use spreads beyond big tech companies and wealthy economies.

Mr Nadella on Tuesday said that the long-term success of the fast-developing technology would depend on it being used by a broad range of industries as well as on uptake outside of the developed world."

~ Melissa Heikkilä

#AI #economy #jobs #bubble #TechBros #SiliconValley
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AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth

^{Melissa Heikkilä (The Irish Times)}

"According to a study from MIT, 95 percent of businesses have seen zero return on any of their investments in AI technology yet. It seems the only jobs AI robots have actually taken so far are 'student who was supposed to write their own term paper,' 'lawyer who was supposed to write their own briefs,' and 'Adobe Photoshop child-undresser.'”

~ Marcie Jones

#AI #economy #jobs #bubble #TechBros #SiliconValley #broligarchy
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What Is A Treasury Bond? Are They Going Tits-Up? Did Trump Chicken Out?

Takeover of Greenland, EU tariffs now future framework of a strategy!

^{Marcie Jones (Wonkette)}

Ruth Ben-Ghiat offers a list of autocratic rationales behind Trump's fixation on Greenland: plunder, pleasing Putin, partnerships with technofascists, megalomania, corrupting the U.S. military.

#Trump #Greenland #NATO #fascism #Europe #TechBros #SiliconValley #broligarchy #Putin
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The Autocratic Rationales Behind Trump's Greenland Fixation

Plunder, Pleasing Putin, Partnerships with Technofascists, Megalomania, Corrupting the U.S. Military

^{Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)}