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Nobody is talking about this: we're measuring AI wrong. Here's why it matters.

Reporting by Benedict Evans 1 min brief
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Why it matters

As generative AI becomes mainstream, the industry lacks agreed-upon metrics to measure success. This definitional gap reveals deeper questions about what AI adoption actually means for businesses—and why your growth metrics might be misleading.

The key facts

5 to know

  1. Core problem: AI industry lacks standardized measurement frameworks

  2. Issue spans both data quality and definitional clarity

  3. Metrics confusion reflects uncertainty about AI's actual business value proposition

  4. Platform shifts require new measurement paradigms but industry hasn't established them

  5. Author: Benedict Evans (prominent AI/tech analyst)

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Benedict Evansben-evans.com

Publisher excerpt: With every platform shift, we want to measure the growth but we’re confused about what to measure. That’s partly a problem of data and definitions, but it’s really a question about what this is going to be.
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