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Joe Tsai Is Becoming AI’s Voice of Reason
Alibaba has gained a lot from the promise of this technology. So why is its chairman casting doubt?
Is Alibaba’s Joe Tsai the voice of reason on AI?
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For the past few years, we’ve been inundated with promises from tech executives about how artificial intelligence will cure diseases, transform the economy, and solve complex problems.
There have been critics, but much of the industry rhetoric has focused on how machines will soon reach artificial general intelligence, becoming smarter than humans and unlocking a new frontier of global progress. The specifics haven’t always been clear, but this potential has been used to justify tens of billions of dollars of investment.