Day three, the research symposium day, was the reason I came. You do not often get to hear and interact with Sir Demis Hassabis, Yoshua Bengio, Yann LeCun and alike on the same day. Sir Demis predicted AGI within five to eight years. Whether that timeline holds or not, two themes stood out. First, learning…
Day two was a collision of optimism, scale, and strategic uncertainty. I spent most of it roaming the exhibition hall and joining panels. Reportedly, the summit is attracting close to 300,000 people. Large global firms, small startups, sovereign AI showcases. It genuinely feels as if the entire AI industry has descended on India. What did…
Day one has been “slightly” chaotic, in the best possible way. Iโve never seen this many people at a conference. Industry, startups, government, students, press. Rooms were packed, with people standing along the walls and spilling into corridors. The surprise visit by Prime Minister Modi to the exhibition hall added another layer of disruption and…
Most creators say they want protection from AI, yet a recent UK survey found over 90% would not opt out of AI access to their work. Why? Todayโs visibility depends on online discovery and search, and those systems are powered by AI. If you opt out, your work may be safe from AI training, but…
I often share missed or surprising observations in my talks. Here are five of them, summarised as food for thought. ๐ ๐๐๐ต ๐ญ: ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐-๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐.Itโs intuitive to think globally trained models canโt reflect our norms. Yet when frontier models answer the same cultural questions posed to national cohorts, they align most…
Cognitive overload, opaque automation, and AI surveillance are reshaping the modern workplace. Iโm sharing some insights from my talk at the Safety Sphere, Australiaโs leading HSE practitioner network, on โ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น-๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐.โ We examined how AI not only enhances productivity but also creates new health,…
It was a great pleasure to deliver ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐. Recent reports such as OpenAIโs GDPVal and METR show that AI systems can now autonomously perform complex doing/solving tasks and often surpass human experts on…
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฒโ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ (๐๐ฃ๐๐) ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐?โข What if it isnโt just another โgeneral-purpose technologyโ like computing, but a bundle of many specific-purpose technologies out-of-the-box?โข And what if calling AI a โcapital investmentโ is also a category errorโwhen in reality it behaves more like inexpensive labour? Yesterday at the Cost-Benefit…
After my slightly controversial talk on ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐, I delivered another talk at APS Learn series on ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐. ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐: ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด. We write first for self-understanding, then for audience understanding. AI cannot replace that understanding, but it can be a strong discussion partner.…
Just sat down with the latest episode of The Institutional Edge: Real allocators. Real alpha. โ and this one hits right at the crossroads of technology, investing, and sustainability. Angelo Calvello speaks with me about why AIโs ESG impact is so hard to measure and what investors can realistically do about it. We dig into…
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