Why AI heralds the next Industrial Revolution
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Key takeaways:
- Advances in computing power and AI agents are accelerating technological progress at an extraordinary pace
- Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform productivity, industries and economic growth on a global scale
- Harnessing AI’s benefits requires navigating challenges from cybersecurity to keeping AI under human control
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In this special episode of Talking Research, we share one of the standout conversations from Walter Scott's 2026 Research Conference in Edinburgh. Investment manager Tom Miedema sits down with Michael Bhaskar, author, researcher and Head of Microsoft AI Futures, to discuss one of the most transformative technologies of our age.
From trillion-fold increases in computing power to the prospect of "humanist superintelligence", the conversation explores where AI is today, where it may be heading and why some believe it could herald the next Industrial Revolution.
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