What's a logarithmic curve and how does it help explain the …
2020年4月3日 · The Richter scale is logarithmic – an earthquake that measures 6 is 10- times more destructive than one that measures 5. The logarithmic scale is ideal for measuring rates of change, particularly rates of growth, explains mathematician, teacher, and author of The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers, Bobby Seagull .
The history of AI systems and how they might look in the future
2022年12月12日 · The training computation is plotted on a logarithmic scale, so that from each grid-line to the next it shows a 100-fold increase. This long-run perspective shows a continuous increase. For the first six decades, training computation increased in line with Moore’s Law, doubling roughly every 20 months. Since about 2010 this exponential growth ...
The top technology stories from 2024 - The World Economic Forum
2024年12月18日 · Technological developments were a key topic in 2024, for global news and for the World Economic Forum. From agritech advancements to progress on tackling the digital divide, here are some of our must-read stories from 2024.
Climate change: How expensive is renewable energy? | World …
2020年12月4日 · Electricity from utility-scale solar photovoltaics cost $359 per MWh in 2009. Within just one decade the price declined by 89% and the relative price flipped: the electricity price that you need to charge to break even with the new average coal plant is now much higher than what you can offer your customers when you build a wind or solar plant.
The top economics stories of 2024 - The World Economic Forum
2024年12月11日 · The global economy was front and centre in 2024, as leaders grappled with the lingering impacts of inflation, explored changes to monetary policy and how to ensure growth in the Intelligent Age.
GDP: What is it and why does it matter? - The World Economic …
2022年5月19日 · GDP has been used as a measure of economic growth since 1937. But the need for wellbeing metrics is bringing its relevance into question. Know what is GDP and why it matters.
The top global health stories from 2024 | World Economic Forum
2024年12月17日 · Measles cases surged by 20% in 2023, with 10.3 million reported globally, the World Health Organization warned in November, with vaccine misinformation driving the largest drop in childhood vaccinations in 30 years.
GenAI at work: How to implement and scale new tools | World …
2024年11月25日 · Implement small-scale pilot projects to gain insights that will inform decisions and adjustments when scaling. Determine KPIs – supported by a combination of available hard data and self-reported data – that will be used to measure success, such as workforce adoption, employee wellbeing, and productivity gains.
The circular transformation of industries: Unlocking economic value
2024年12月17日 · “At Cisco, we embed circularity across product lifecycles. Alongside our goal to integrate Circular Design Principles into 100% of our new products and packaging by fiscal 2025, we run a take-back programme to reuse, refurbish, and recycle used products at their initial end-of-life,” said Mary de Wysocki, chief sustainability officer at Cisco.
How the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 will impact the …
2024年6月25日 · The Forum’s pick of the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 range from microbial carbon capture to high altitude platform station systems.