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Singapore’s tired of AI talk and waiting for a better pitch
For a start, we need to articulate which aspects of AI play to our strengths, where the opportunities lie and how to help the vulnerable.
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By anchoring compute infrastructure, specialised models and real-world applications, Singapore can position itself as South-east Asia’s AI control tower.
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Like many Singaporeans, reading the Economic Strategy Review’s mid-term update made me want to lie down.
That sense of fatigue revived a memory of laboriously plodding down the icy Davos promenade in January. An endless row of blindingly bright pavilions by multinational corporations and national investment agencies all trying to invite you in, turned a leisurely evening stroll into a cold, cheerless trudge.
