How Data Availability and Cost Relate to AI Differentiation?

When someone pitches me an #ai/#MachineLearning idea, I always (also) ask about #data availability, data cost, and how they relate to their product differentiation and #aitechnology. Here’s how I see them, roughly speaking. #strategy #AIstrategy #AIeconomics pic.twitter.com/v6yb8JOHwi
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