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Keith Lee

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Professor of AI/Finance, Gordon School of Business, Swiss Institute of Artificial Intelligence

Keith Lee is a Professor of AI/Finance at the Gordon School of Business, part of the Swiss Institute of Artificial Intelligence (SIAI). His work focuses on AI-driven finance, quantitative modeling, and data-centric approaches to economic and financial systems. He leads research and teaching initiatives that bridge machine learning, financial mathematics, and institutional decision-making.

He also serves as a Senior Research Fellow with the GIAI Council, advising on long-term research direction and global strategy, including SIAI’s academic and institutional initiatives across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Keith Lee

Wearable AI is moving computing from screens to body-level devices Education policy must balance personalization with privacy and trust Early rules will decide whether wearable AI helps learning or harms it Initially, artificial intelli

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AI transparency is a public good that cannot survive without explicit funding Unfunded openness will weaken Western firms against state-subsidized competitors Paying for transparency is the only way to keep AI markets both open and competitive

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AI systems produce fluent language through probabilistic pattern learning, not through conscious awareness Equating parameter scale with human cognition confuses simulation with subjective experience Education and policy must treat AI as powerful tools, not emerging minds

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Technological adaptability differs sharply across individuals, making averages misleading Social and economic factors determine who can realistically reskill Policy must target adaptability gaps, not average exposure When

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HAIP faces pressure as national AI governance models increasingly diverge China’s state-led approach changes the incentives for voluntary global standards Without economic rewards, HAIP risks losing durability in strategic competition

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HAIP increases transparency but does not yet change behavior Voluntary reporting without incentives becomes symbolic Real impact requires linking HAIP to audits and procurement By June 2025, the OECD repo

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The collapse of marginal costs is enabling one-person companies to compete at scale AI and platforms are reshaping firm boundaries, productivity, and market structure Policy must adapt to support solo firms while limiting new platform bottlenecks

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AI capital is being miscounted, shrinking the economy on paper Hidden AI assets distort policy, funding, and skills planning Fixing measurement is now a growth and governance priority Currently, most official economic reports treat

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LLMs replace Wikipedia by absorbing its knowledge while diverting human attention AI convenience erodes verification and shared correction Public knowledge now needs active policy protection Large language models (LLMs

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India’s reliance on cheap Russian oil is not a diplomatic preference but an economic necessity Energy security now outweighs export dependence on the United States in India’s policy calculus This constraint narrows India’s strategic options and weakens Washington’s leverage in Asia

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The AI fluency gap is becoming the new digital divide, reshaping who advances and who falls behind at work Only a small group of fluent users capture most of AI’s productivity gains, concentrating power and opportunity Education systems and policy must act now to make AI fluency a shared public skill, not a private advantage

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Abortion restrictions are linked to higher infant mortality and worse maternal health outcomes Research also shows increased relationship violence and long-term harm to children Policy debates must account for these documented effects, not ideology alone

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China’s AI edge is increasingly driven by faster, cheaper access to power and land U.S.

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Many trade gains reflect rerouting, not real production Reallocation builds domestic value; rerouting only shifts routes Policy must target value added, not export volume The main takeaway is that much of the recent growth in Sou

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Markets price geopolitical risk long before models can measure it Local-language news captures early signals that global indices miss LLMs can structure these signals, if used with care and oversight After Russia's invasion of

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Tariffs may work for semiconductors, but they fail as a broad industrial policy Volatile tariff revenue signals deeper economic and institutional costs Punishment-based trade erodes trust that long-term investment needs

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Human-like AI can blur boundaries for students in schools Use clear identity labels, distance-by-default design, and distress safeguards Align law, procurement, and classroom practice to keep learning human We often say pres

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The 10,000-hour rule fits early skill, not true peak AI raises the floor; judgment and transfer win Teach breadth first, verify always, specialize later Elite performance is best viewed as a process of growth, not just a nu

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Stories outlast statistics, and feeds reward that Viral politics runs on heroes, villains, and anger Teach narrative literacy, and push for cleaner platform data A study found that the impact of a statistic on belief decreased by 73% after j

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