The fantasy of humanoid robots misses the point

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For a tech industry intoxicated by advances in artificial intelligence, the idea that fully humanoid robots will soon be stalking the earth hardly seems a stretch. Elon Musk recently predicted a $10tn market for Optimus, … Read more

The Age of Net Errors and Omissions is over. The time of Statistical Discrepancy has come

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. So, farewell then, picturesque term for life’s little ripostes to double-entry accounting and the ‘balance’ part of international balances of payments. Your official replacement is functional, and often already in use as a synonym. If … Read more

Seven AI roles managers must master

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The “business hospice” is how some companies are describing the final destination for corporate operations at risk of being wiped out by artificial intelligence. Orchestrating a soft landing for people working in such activities is … Read more