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    I’ve been researching generative AI for years, and I’m tired of the consciousness debate. Humans barely understand our own

    I’ve been researching generative AI for years, and I’m tired of the consciousness debate. Humans barely understand our own

    The hard fact is that we do not understand consciousness. Not in humans, not in animals, and not in machines.

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    The path to net zero that doesn’t punish consumers, businesses, or politicians

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    To help save the climate, CEOs need to become ‘Chief Coalition Builders ’

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    I’m an ex-CEO. My peers are facing the reality that many Gen Zers see corporate America as the enemy

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    What the Grateful Dead can teach CEOs about succession planning

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    The fall of Afghanistan’s horse power is a lesson to today’s petrostates: Power based on a strategic commodity is fleeting

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    Debanking hurts everyone. It’s time to end it once and for all

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    Why the U.S.-India partnership is the most consequential relationship in the world

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    How to make the most of AI for your organizational learning

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    The real story of how the Ford family and Ford Foundation ended their decades-long estrangement

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    What happens when a business city like Hong Kong locks up a businessman like my friend Jimmy Lai

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