Foreign Policy | How to Make AI More Useful
October 27, 2025 By Bhaskar Chakravorti Here’s the main point: Big AI seems poised for a crash. Close to $3 trillion will be spent on it by 2029 in pursuit of superintelligence: a pursuit of power without purpose. It’s time we shifted to Small AI: in pursuit of purpose and “good enough” power.
There’s plenty of purpose across the developing world where 6.7 billion people live: they trust AI more and there are needs for targeted AI in agriculture, healthcare, education, climate forecasting, financial inclusion. The list seems endless as are opportunities for innovative business models for an addressable market that’s at least $200 billion. Meanwhile, we engage in endless hand-wringing over an AI bubble…
It’s time for Small AI: purpose over power. That’s where we are going at Digital Planet at The Fletcher School at Tufts University
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