Benjamin Poyet

build stuff, stay happy

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

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The #WorldBank Pushes #ShadowBanking in the Name of #Development

https://t.co/8mHISRz3QL via .@CriticalDev

[Chris Laub @ChrisLaubAI]

This blew my mind.

OpenAI just published the first comprehensive study of how 700 million people actually use ChatGPT.

The results destroy every assumption about AI adoption.

Here's everything you need to know in 3 minutes:

[Lulu Yilun Chen @luluyilun]

HK’s SFC started criminal proceedings against Segantii, along with its founder Simon Sadler and former trader Daniel La Rocca over alleged insider dealing, marking one of the most high-profile financial prosecutions in the Asian financial hub
https://t.co/MAoaHCXljg @BeiHu1

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

What will Indonesia look like after Jokowi leaves? https://t.co/kNkWTuGGoJ

[Lulu Yilun Chen @luluyilun]

Hong Kong’s notorious tiny apartments, sometimes no bigger than a parking space, have emerged as the biggest losers in the city’s property downturn https://t.co/PnVof18rUi @ShawnaKwan

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Indonesia has outlawed sex outside of marriage in a sweeping overhaul of its criminal code that also sharply expands its laws against blasphemy. https://t.co/FFCGjZusn3

[François Chollet @fchollet]

If this stuff happens at a sufficient scale (big % of the web), it could stop generative text models in their tracks -- their performance would degrade as they start training on their own output.

[Luis R. Martinez @LuisRMartinezA]

Milestone unlocked: my research on the overstatement of GDP growth in autocracies is featured in this week's issue of @TheEconomist https://t.co/bF6i4LdMhR

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

Under the influence – The business of influencing is not frivolous. It’s serious https://t.co/GWDaOmEpMA

[Bergs @bergmanjonaso]

Goodbye Hong Kong, a good deep dive by @chan_cat, @AmberChoudhury and @DeniseWee1
https://t.co/Bw9eUwulhG via @wealth

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

@XavRoso95 @CNNStyle @XavRoso95 on était visionnaire

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

#Tencent is building a Monaco-sized 'city of the future' in #Shenzhen https://t.co/wHlcaBJsGn via @CNNStyle

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

@XavRoso95 @CNNStyle Si on a encore le droit de voyager en 2022 😅

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

The ancient Silk Road faded five centuries ago, but its cosmopolitan & trade effects linger: areas within 50km of the old Silk Roads have higher development, trade, and intermarriage among ethnic groups today, in ways not explained by population density. https://t.co/FSHFFiGjPj

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Past perspectives on our worries on the future of work: John Stuart Mill & Lord Kelvin were convinced of a end to technological progress in the 19th century. Keynes was anxious about automation ending work in 1930s. Summary: https://t.co/gOlJk4bgcW
Paper: https://t.co/RfGCQTknFg

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

Why Instagram Still Isn’t a Shopping Destination https://t.co/TCAgaELzX1 via @BoF

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

Luxury’s China Report Card: Who’s Winning and Why https://t.co/vDgNr221RT via @BoF

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

A third of all genetics papers published in Nature over a decade (and 20% across all journals) had errors due to the fact that many gene have names like SEPT2 (the official name of Septin 2), which were automatically coded as dates by Microsoft Excel. https://t.co/2K5E4wZ3Hb

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

The #Economics of Totalitarianism https://t.co/WDrSXbteVp

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

2020 in 20 charts https://t.co/uZNkviS8v5 via @voxdotcom

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

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[Chris Gledhill @cgledhill]

Who does better #fintech, Singapore or Hong Kong?

[Benjamin Poyet @PoyetBenjamin]

5 big ideas from Singapore FinTech Festival https://t.co/GrnIIY0BQ2
#GreenFinance #FinancialInclusion #Cryptocurrency