Favourable Odds for AI Investment

This post gives you one way to think about it. Not every business needs AI, and not every business that spends on AI will earn anything from it. The question ArthaVeda asks before investing is not "how much should we spend?" or even "should we spend?" The first question is: does this investment have favourable odds? If it does, you are investing. If it does not, you are speculating, however sophisticated the pitch sounds.