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I Just Binged This Underhyped Hipster Comedy on Netflix. Color Me Obsessed

I Just Binged This Underhyped Hipster Comedy on Netflix. Color Me Obsessed

Published by skeptic

A couple of months ago, a TV show came up in conversation that I had absolutely no frame of reference for, which is odd, since I basically watch TV for a living. I’ll admit, the program premiered at a time when I was burned out on a certain type of comedy — the kind centered on dysfunctional 20-somethings barreling through life on clueless charm and inflated egos alone. Okay, that was a harsh statement. But the hipster comedy subgenre that brought us shows like Girls and Easy never spoke to me. That bias led me to immediately write off another show that looked cut from the same cloth. Well, egg on my face. It wasn’t.  I’m talking about Search Party. It hit Netflix (and my eyeballs) back in February, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. In fact, I may be late to the party, but I think this quirky little show is the best TV comedy I’ve seen in years. I began binging the series — which originally aired on TBS before moving to HBO …

UBS CIO Americas: AI Remains “Underhyped And Underappreciated”

UBS CIO Americas: AI Remains “Underhyped And Underappreciated”

Published by Jenni Sidey

Building on Goldman analyst Brian Singer’s comparison of the AI data-center buildout to the U.S. shale boom, where AI remains in the early “appraisal phase” of the innovation cycle, a stage historically most bullish for infrastructure spending and equity multiple expansion, fresh commentary earlier this week from UBS CIO Americas reinforces the view that bubble conditions have not yet been met. Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi, CIO of Global Equities at UBS Global Wealth Management, spoke at the Latin America Investment Conference, where she said AI remains underhyped in the near term. Ulrike continued: AI is underhyped and underappreciated in the short term, and it is one of the biggest investing opportunities in human history, Ulrike Hoffman Burchardi, UBS CIO Americas, said at the Latin America Investment Conference. She said there are three things needed to be successful in AI: 1) AI algorithmic talent – it is very important to have strong AI researchers; 2) energy to power computers; and 3) chips. Previously, she was focused on the picks and shovels, or what she calls the AI 7 (three …