Lessons from the Chinese model, with Richard Turrin
Everything I wrote in innovation, lab excellence is valid for AI deployment today, you asked a fundamental question. And it was one of the big points in my book, which is buy versus bill. And this is the same advice that I would give for an AI team today, you have to buy this technology, all but the very largest global banks like the JP Morgan's of the world, only a few of them are able to actually build their own technology.
So if you're looking at an innovation programme, or an AI programme, their job is to prove that this stuff can work. All right, their job is not to deliver ready to use code ready to use a AI that is ready for production. Because you really expect them to build their own large language model and know they prove it works.
And then you need to hire, particularly for the likes of AI, one of these larger firms is going to come in and hopefully have enough liability and insurance so that when your chat GPT style chatbot comes off the rails and give somebody the wrong answer. You can you can blame them with the losses.
A Hong Kong market update with Dr Francis Lau
I can answer your question as a consumer. And in general, I can also share my viewpoint on the whole market. No doubt Hong Kong is a very competitive market, the credit card issuers are facing strong competition. For myself, I think I have more than five cards but in general, I will focus on one or two cards that're my major transaction medium. Why I want to just focus on using one or two cards is because of the benefits, because of the discounts, because of the cashback. You can go to different shops or restaurants, you have discounts, you have rebates and then on different purchases, you have also other privileges. That's the major motivation. I think, in general that's true for other consumers in Hong Kong.
And on the other hand, as you're said because they're always new cards coming out with new features, especially the welcome gift, you spend a few $1,000 and then you can get some cash coupon or you can get some premium or whatever - then that will motivate you to to apply for new card, but after that it will just sit there. I think that's a very normal way of life.
Zhong Liu and Ruifeng Liu give us an insider’s view of the Chinese consumer credit economy
It's not the only that the banks won't give the card to them, because they are too young, they don't have enough income, or things like that, they just don't want to go through the more tedious process to get a credit card… now you don't need to go to any banks, you don't need to produce any documents, and you can get a loan in maybe a couple of seconds.