World Bank says 'small AI' could transform developing countries

At the least, the arrival of smartphones and ubiquitous translation has to reduce the error of inter-language communication. My wife used Muse[0] to sell some stuff on Facebook Marketplace and it was marvelous. We don’t speak a lick of Spanish and the other chap doesn’t seem to speak any English. Regardless, a flawless negotiation and arrangement for sale executed with minimal fuss.

0: a betrayal of monumental proportions because I have built us a home agent - but Muse works better with FB Marketplace

Also in this article: world bank doesn’t understand AI.

AI small enough to run locally on a 30 dollar smartphone is far enough from useful to be effectively null.