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From optimistic forecasts to desperate calls for technological rescue The First Quarter of the 21st Century Changed A Lot. The Next One Still Needs an AI Boost Debt, demographics and geopolitics aside, the key question is whether artificial intelligence can revolutionize productivity 25 years of wrong economic forecasts (and why AI could be the last hope) Debt, demographics and geopolitics aside, the key question is whether artificial intelligence can revolutionize productivity. Remember the good old days of 1999? When we thought Year 2000 would turn all our computers into expensive paperweights, and we were still impressed by phones that could play Snake? Those were simpler times, my friends. Times when financial experts were sitting around debating not if, but WHEN the US would pay off all its government debt.  I'll pause here while you finish laughing. You see, back then, the Congressional Budget Office had this adorably optimistic prediction that by 2013, America would be d...

Let me tell you about a country that's trying to teach artificial intelligence proper table manners.  Yes, I'm talking about Japan, where they're not just worried about whether AI will take over the world – they're worried about whether it will remember to take its shoes off first! The Robot Revolution: How Japan is Teaching AI to Bow Correctly You see, Japan is in quite the pickle. They're sitting on this mountain of technological capability – third place globally in R&D spending, which is like getting a bronze medal in the Olympics of throwing money at computers.  But when it comes to actually using this technology?  Well, that's where things get about as smooth as wasabi-flavored ice cream. Picture this: Japan's corporate world is like that one friend we all have who bought a smartphone but still writes everything down in a tiny notebook "just to be sure."   According to some fancy rankings (I'm looking at you, IMD World Digital Compet...

Imagine this: You're sitting there, casually asking an AI to write your term paper, plan your vacation, or generate a witty response to your mother-in-law's passive-aggressive email.  It feels like magic, right? Just a few keystrokes, and voilà!  Instant brilliance appears on your screen. But here's the kicker – this digital wizardry comes with a price tag that would make even a Silicon Valley venture capitalist gulp. The Hidden Price Tag of Digital Miracles: A Comedic Dive into AI Costs Let's talk about the real cost of artificial intelligence, and I promise this won't be another dry technical lecture that makes you want to scroll through cat memes.  No, we're going to explore the absolutely bonkers world of AI expenses with the kind of humor that makes you laugh and think simultaneously. First off, training an AI is like sending a hyperactive, knowledge-hungry teenager to the world's most expensive university. Except this teenager doesn't just want t...

You know what really gets people worked up these days? AI. And Christmas. And sugary drinks. So naturally, when Coca-Cola decided to combine all three, it went about as smoothly as trying to drink a shaken-up can of Coke while riding a unicycle. AI-Generated Christmas Chaos: Coca-Cola's Holiday Horror Show For nearly 30 years, Coca-Cola's "Holidays are Coming" advertisement has been the unofficial starting pistol for Christmas. You see those illuminated red trucks rolling through the snow, and suddenly you're overcome with an irresistible urge to deck the halls, max out your credit cards, and consume your body weight in fizzy drinks. It's tradition, people! But in 2024, Coca-Cola decided to get "innovative." Because apparently, using real trucks and actual humans was just so... 2023. Instead, they went full robot overlord and created an AI-generated commercial. That's right – not a single human actor in sight. Just pixels dreamed up by comput...