Spengler, Author at Asia Times https://asiatimes.com/author/spengler2/ Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:55:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://asiatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ATLogo-192px.png Spengler, Author at Asia Times https://asiatimes.com/author/spengler2/ 32 32 173017365 Israel is the future of the Middle East https://asiatimes.com/2024/08/israel-is-the-future-of-the-middle-east/ https://asiatimes.com/2024/08/israel-is-the-future-of-the-middle-east/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:40:05 +0000 https://asiatimes.com/?p=768808

United Nations’ demographers project that, by the end of this century, Turkey’s labor force will fall by half and Iran’s will fall by two-fifths while Israel’s will double. Turkish women in 2023 were estimated to have an average of just 1.5 children over their lifetime, half of Israel’s total fertility rate of 3 children per […]

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An American coalition consisting mainly of Iraqi forces destroyed the city of Mosul in northern Iraq in 2017, with civilian casualties estimated at somewhere between 2,500 and 40,000. The Associated Press count was 11,000 civilians dead but it might have been much higher. ISIS fighters prevented civilians from leaving as the US and its allies […]

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NEW YORK - Microsoft has added about US$1.5 trillion to its market capitalization this year after the launch of ChatGPT. Nvidia has added about $640 billion. Overall, the market value of generative AI models has increased by several trillions of dollars. What is supposed to justify this kind of valuation?

Market research firms claim that the market for generative AI will reach $126.5 billion by 2031. That’s not a lot of revenue compared to the market valuation. Microsoft now sells at about 12 times sales, and that’s a natural monopoly.

Even if that estimate were correct, market valuations are three to five times higher than $126 billion of revenue would justify. And I don’t see how generative AI can throw off that level of revenue, not by an order of magnitude.

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]]> 741494 Pseudo-science, the Bible and human freedom https://asiatimes.com/2019/09/pseudo-science-the-bible-and-human-freedom/ https://asiatimes.com/2019/09/pseudo-science-the-bible-and-human-freedom/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2019 06:30:34 +0000 https://asiatimes.com/?p=378913 Man in popes garment holding holy bible. Adobe RGB for better color reproduction.Photo: iStock

Scientists are confused about every foundational problem in physics and biology. The more confused they get, the more prevalent the notion becomes that the human brain is just another machine and human consciousness is a byproduct of electromagnetic effluvia. Never mind that we don’t know what an electron is, let alone an atom, not to […]

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