Lessons from finance’s experience with artificial intelligence
Humans can take on the machines
Who are the earliest adopters of new technologies? Cutting-edge stuff tends to be expensive, meaning the answer is often the extremely rich. Early adopters also tend to be incentivised by cut-throat competition to look beyond the status quo. As such, there may be no group more likely to pick up new tools than the uber-rich and hyper-competitive hedge-fund industry.
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This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Hedge-fund lessons”
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