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AI’s Potential: Hype, Reality, and the Trust Factor

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  • ChatGPT | Legal prompt of the week

Written by: Nicola Taljaard

Technology | July 22, 2024

AI’s Potential: Hype, Reality, and the Trust Factor

Advertisements label AI as the revolutionary force destined to transform workplaces. Predictions regarding the shift towards achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), where machines surpass human capabilities have been made for years, and tech giants including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft continue to heavily invest in the development and marketing of AI. But is AI and, in particular, generative AI, being used to achieve its so-called revolutionary potential?

Investment and Growth of the AI Industry

While walking into a conversation in Silicon Valley may have you convinced that AI will reshape the global economy, and investors – who have substantially increased the market value of the big five tech firms over the past year, seem to agree with this sentiment, the growth that the big five would need to achieve to justify this market value is not insignificant, nor will it be realized overnight. According to the Stanford AI Index, global corporate investment in AI has increased from USD 14.57 billion in 2013 to USD 189 billion in 2023 – a whopping increase of thirteen times the investment in just ten years.  For perspective, Meta Platforms derived approximately USD 134 billion in revenue in 2023.  That’s USD 55 billion less than what was invested in AI in 2023.
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