Apollo’s Slok says US companies now treat AI spending as a cost, not growth
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Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok argues that AI has produced no financial payoff for corporate America outside the tech giants. Comparing the Magnificent Seven with the other 493 S&P 500 companies, he finds revenue per worker and profit margins rising for the former and flat for the latter.
Why it ranked
No. 122 of 124 with a score of 0.55. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.88) and audience breadth (0.73), lowest on technical depth (0.19).
Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.55total under rubric v2.2
- Significance0.55
- Reader interest0.73
- Audience breadth0.73
- Practical relevance0.47
- Substantiated0.61
- Technical depth0.19
- New information0.88
- Counts against: Promotional0.06
- Counts against: Overclaim0.36
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.41 | 0.55 | 0.68 | 0.55 | 0.27 | +0.24 | +0.131 |
| Reader interest | 0.56 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.73 | 0.26 | +0.26 | +0.189 |
| Audience breadth | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.11 | +0.13 | +0.095 |
| Practical relevance | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.47 | 0.20 | +0.22 | +0.103 |
| Substantiated | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.61 | 0.20 | +0.05 | +0.030 |
| Technical depth | 0.29 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.19 | +0.05 | +0.010 |
| New information | 0.89 | 0.80 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.14 | +0.05 | +0.044 |
| Promotional | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.06 | −0.19 | −0.011 |
| Overclaim | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.48 | 0.36 | 0.18 | −0.11 | −0.040 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.551 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.551 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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