Haider Abbas

[Bilal bin Saqib MBE @Bilalbinsaqib]

A dev in Pakistan has been billing the same Western clients for years. Last quarter, one came back with something different. Same project, they said. Roughly a third of the hours.

They had started using AI tools on their end. That dev still has the work. Just less of it.

Pakistan's IT exports have approached $5 billion. The 33 percent year-on-year growth is real. Two point three million people in this workforce, the fourth fastest-growing freelance market in the world. Genuine achievements, built over two decades of real work.

They were built on a gap. A senior dev here costs $28 to $40 an hour. The same work in the US runs $150 to $180. Western companies moved work east. Pakistan built an industry around it.

AI is closing that gap. One dev with the right tools now does what used to require several. The companies who used to need forty hours from Pakistan now needs fifteen. This is already showing up in the billing data of freelancers who pay attention.

Most of Pakistan's ~2.3 million digital workers have not received that message yet. They will. The question is whether they build something they own before the old model finishes contracting, or after.

Full article here: https://t.co/5WC2PW1MKE

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

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driving past Abdullah Shah Ghazi, my careem driver nodded his head and raised his hand as salaam. karachi, city of small gestures of faith - city of saints, zaahir and baatin

[Haider Abbas @mhaiderabbbas]

🐐

[Sky Sports Cricket @SkyCricket]

Sixth time at the 🔝 🐐

[Alex Banks @thealexbanks]

ChatGPT is the most powerful conversational AI in the world.

It has 175 billion parameters.

GPT-4 is estimated to have 100 trillion.

Here’s what parameters mean and why you must understand them:

[Haider Abbas @mhaiderabbbas]

The Singularity is coming

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: ChatGPT-based Microsoft Bing AI tells NYTimes reporter it wants "to be alive."

[England's Barmy Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎺 @TheBarmyArmy]

Trying our first ever Biryani in Karachi for less than £1 😋

[Angela Yu @yu_angela]

ChatGPT is the new Google.

[Haider Abbas @mhaiderabbbas]

@Syedsam49121708 @englandcricket @Syedsam49121708 all hai Lord Jimmy Anderson

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

Who is SBF and how did he go from being crypto's savior to the man that brought a trillion dollar industry to its knees?

I looked into it and here's the full story of his rise and fall:

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Only Jon

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

So, this Sunday, it’s:

152/0 vs 170/0

🇵🇰 🇬🇧 #T20WorldCup

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

I have some thoughts... the VR headsets are coming.

[House of the Dragon @HouseofDragon]

Targaryen royalty.

[PUNS @ThePunnyWorld]

What did Yoda say when he saw himself in 4K?

HDMI

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[HoopsandStyle @HoopsandStyle]

The season finale of #ObiWan

[Carter @cartertheepic]

Amber Heard will always remember this as the day she almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow.

[Haider Abbas @mhaiderabbbas]

Jimmy with a red duke, 6 slips in place & a sunny day at the home of cricket.

Couldn’t be any better

[George Dobell @GeorgeDobell1]

This New England thing… could be quite fun: