Articles
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What a large-scale AI investment has to carry commercially
A decision to invest in computing capacity is not a technology decision but a calculation with an unusually short useful life. An account of the figures that have to come together.
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Computing power is not a business model
Scale is frequently mistaken for strategy. Why the quantity of available computing capacity says little about whether a venture carries commercially.
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How to examine a vendor's claims
Performance figures for AI products are hard to compare. A few checks that can be made without specialist technical knowledge.
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What a pilot has to answer
Pilot projects frequently end with a favourable impression and no basis for a decision. How to see that coming beforehand.
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The difference between automation and displacement
Many efficiency gains move work rather than remove it. How to tell the two apart before investing.