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May

Insights from Mr. Ali Tauqeer Sheikh on Understanding the Taxonomy of International Climate Finance

On May 23, 2024, the Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Lahore School of Economics hosted a seminar featuring Mr. Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, a distinguished expert in climate finance. The seminar, titled “Understanding the Taxonomy of International Climate Finance,” provided a comprehensive overview of the complex mechanisms and structures that govern climate funding. Mr. Sheikh, who chairs the […]

Don’t Believe the AI Hype

By Daron Acemoglu Published in project syndicate on May 21, 2024 If you listen to tech industry leaders, business-sector forecasters, and much of the media, you may believe that recent advances in generative AI will soon bring extraordinary productivity benefits, revolutionizing life as we know it. Yet neither economic theory nor the data support such exuberant forecasts.[…]

Don’t Believe the AI Hype

By Daron Acemoglu Published in project syndicate on May 21, 2024 If you listen to tech industry leaders, business-sector forecasters, and much of the media, you may believe that recent advances in generative AI will soon bring extraordinary productivity benefits, revolutionizing life as we know it. Yet neither economic theory nor the data support such exuberant forecasts.[…]