China’s 200 million gig workers are a classic case of leapfrogging. They never had all the rights Western workers take for granted, so China jumped straight to a more efficient Internet-based economy.
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India’s Economic Growth Paradox: Why Export-Led Model Matters
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We can keep on harping 5Tr Economy, 45Tr Economy and whatnot. But at the same time: keep seeing job loss, the world kicking Indians out and absolute erosion of wealth from India. You know why this is happening? Because we don't have an export led growth model. Indian IT
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India AI Summit 2026 Positions Global South as Innovation Leader
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Shri @abhish18, Additional Secretary @GoI_MeitY, CEO @OfficialINDIAai & DG @NICMeity, highlighted how the first AI Summit in the Global South positions India at the center of global innovation, at the Curtain Raiser event of #IndiaAIImoactSummit2026.
— IndiaAI (@OfficialINDIAai) 21 septembre 2025
The Summit is not just about… pic.twitter.com/Vsewy6BKyqShri @abhish18
, Additional Secretary @GoI_MeitY
, CEO @OfficialINDIAai & DG @NICMeity
, highlighted how the first AI Summit in the Global South positions India at the center of global innovation, at the Curtain Raiser event of #IndiaAIImoactSummit2026. The Summit is not just about -
DGX Spark Downgraded: Poor Value Proposition Analysis
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DGX Spark – Ahmad's Analysis > downgraded to no buy > 2× the cost of a 5090 for ~30% FP4 perf > crippled bandwidth (273 GB/s, worse than a MacBook Pro)
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AI Economic Impact: Plow Analogy and Technological Disruption
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That's very funny. Two things to push back on: 1) Plow development absolutely reshaped the human economy and displaced work, but it happened over a long time (moldboard plows came late, etc.) as tech development was slow 2) Whether AI is a normal technology is open to debate
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Performance Assessment Among Fast Smaller Models
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It doesn't feel Gemini 2.5 Pro level, despite the benchmarks, but it stands out among the fast smaller models.
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AI Agents Adoption: Historical Mobile Era Comparison and Market Dynamics
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Does anyone have a good historical analogy for every company building the same product like with AI agents today? Maybe the AI era is positive-sum like the mobile era, with every company benefiting by having an app.
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End of European dominance in global technological transformation
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Turns out the end of history was just the end of Europe.
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Waymo autonomous vehicles demonstrate superior safety compared to human drivers
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Very nice analysis by neurosurgeon @slotkinjr of how @Waymo
's autonomous vehicles have much better safety properties than human drivers, and what would happen if everyone in the U.S. drove as safely as a Waymo. "The national math: If every US vehicle performed like Waymo, we’d
