Analysis

May 17, 2024

Can AI turn us all into Warren Buffet?

If you were hoping a benevolent AI might soon be able to multiply your savings, you might be disappointed — here's why


Tim Smith

5 min read

Photo: Lexie Yu

When ChatGPT hit the market in 2022, people’s imaginations ran wild with the idea that large AI models — trained on more data and information than any human could ever consume — could be turned into money-printing machines.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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