In the 40 years since their introduction mobile phones have gone from 0 to almost universal adoption. Is it the fastest, most widely proliferating human-made technology in history? https://
statista.com/forecasts/1143
723/smartphone-users-in-the-world
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@mustafasuleyman
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Mobile Phones: Fastest Adopted Human Technology in History?
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Intelligence Becomes Commodity: Preparing for AI Democratization
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Intelligence will soon become a commodity, widely available to all. Just as smartphones are now in the hands of 5.2B people on the planet today. Face the facts, to confront what’s coming
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Preventing Addiction in Next Wave of Technological Abundance
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Calorie abundance has so far led to a crazy amount of addiction and obesity. In the next wave of abundance avoiding this outcome is going to be the most important priority. Otherwise it does more harm than good.
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Post-Work Society: Reimagining Life Beyond Full-Time Employment
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Long term (~30yrs+) we’re headed towards a post work society. This will be a seismic transition. What would you do all day if you didn’t have to work full time?
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Measuring AI Progress Beyond Financial Metrics and Money
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The goal here isn’t to frame ai progress as a quest for $$. Money making is a simple and quantifiable measure of progress towards an otherwise complex goal that requires planning and action over an extended time period.
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Smart Regulation Needed for AI Wave
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Thanks Darren! Really appreciate the shout out. More than ever, we need smart regulation of the coming wave, so thank you for focusing on it… @michaelbhaskar
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Modern Turing Test: Measuring What AI Can Do
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The Turing Test is nearly done. It’s time for a Modern Turing Test which measures what an AI can DO, not just what it can SAY. This is my suggestion:
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The Economist Seeks Engineers and PMs for AI Projects
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Had another excellent @theeconomist board meeting. @zannymb The team is working on some cool experimental AI directions. They’re doing excellent work! We’re looking for great engineers and PMs. Contact me and I’ll make sure your application gets to the right people.
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Retaining Civil Service Talent Against AI Disruption Wave
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Tackling the talent flight and being prepared to pay civil servants well is going to be crucial if we are to contain the coming wave of AI
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UK Government Instability Threatens Effective AI Regulation
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It’s soon going to be time for good regulation of ai. But that needs wise, stable, *technical* governments. In the UK, the dept. for business has had 12 secretaries of state in 15 years, and has been re-structured 5 times, driving up staff churn when we need expertise most.