AI has a cargo cult problem
Spending vast sums and inflating an investment bubble is no guarantee of unleashing technological magic
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AI’s double bubble trouble
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AI is having some relationship issues
Companies such as OpenAI are running what amounts to a giant social experiment
AI is killing the magic
Not knowing whether art originated in someone’s heart or a data centre is a major enjoyment-killer
AI has an Awful Image problem
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AI returns still a long way from justifying investment mania
The hope (and hype) is as powerful as ever but it is hard to see where the needed revenues will come from