📨 Weekly digest: 52 2024 | Riding the wave: navigating the evolutionary cycles of 2025
How AI is reshaping our future | AI this week in the news; use cases; tools for the techies
👋🏻 Hello legends, and welcome to the weekly digest, week 52 of 2024.
As we stand on the cusp of a new year, 2025, it's a natural time for reflection and renewal for us as individuals and the systems around us.
Organizations, economies, and even entire nations are caught in a continuous cycle of evolution, much like the natural world. This cycle isn't always smooth; it's often characterized by periods of growth, stagnation, and even decline.
Think of it like this: when markets become oversaturated, a natural correction occurs. Prices drop, businesses struggle, and some inevitably fail. This may seem harsh, but it's a crucial part of the cycle.
It clears the way for innovation, allowing new companies and ideas to emerge and thrive. This process of creative destruction is essential for long-term health and progress.
The same principle applies to larger systems like economies. When an economic downturn hits, governments and policymakers must re-evaluate existing strategies and implement necessary changes.
This can lead to painful adjustments in the short term, but it ultimately paves the way for recovery and future growth.
Now, let's add another layer to this cycle: the rise of artificial intelligence. AI rapidly changes the landscape, impacting everything from individual businesses to global markets. It can potentially accelerate these evolutionary cycles, driving faster innovation, quicker failures, and more rapid adaptation.
AI can analyze vast amounts of data to identify market trends, predict potential disruptions, and suggest optimal solutions.
This could lead to more efficient self-correction within markets and economies. However, it also raises important questions:
Will AI exacerbate the challenges of these cycles, leading to more rapid and disruptive changes?
How can we ensure that AI's benefits are distributed equitably and doesn't widen existing inequalities?
Can we harness the power of AI to create more resilient and sustainable systems that are better equipped to handle future challenges?
As we step into 2025, these are questions we need to ponder.
The evolutionary cycle is inevitable, but with foresight and proactive measures, we can navigate it successfully and shape a future that benefits everyone.
Yael.
This week’s Wild Pod episode
Yael on AI
🦾 AI elsewhere on the interweb
Google’s AI Studio lets you play with Gemini prompts using operators and code. [LINK]
It’s easy to say that Microsoft relies on OpenAI’s models, but the internal Phi team is also pushing quite hard. [LINK]
Y Combinator on why they’re excited about AI models doing computer use. [LINK]
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