AI Investment Drives Half of GDP Growth, Reversal Risks Recession
According to today’s WSJ, AI-related investment accounts for half of GDP growth. A reversal would risk recession. We can’t afford to go backwards.
Youth Embrace AI While Politicians Criticize It
I don’t support this but it’s interesting that young people view AI more favorably than the politicians who are constantly bashing it.
EA Funding Skews AI Popularity, Not Technology Appeal
First, you’re not denying that you / EA have funded efforts that make AI more unpopular. Saying “other technologies are unpopular too” is a red herring. Second, your example doesn’t even fully support your point. Gene editing is popular (66%) if...
Study Finds AI Hasn't Disrupted Labor Market Yet
According to a new study from the Yale Budget Lab, AI has caused no discernible disruption in the labor market based on 33 months of data since ChatGPT’s release. https://t.co/wPcPclGAlm
AI Optimism 83% in China, 39% in U.S.
AI Optimism — defined as seeing AI products & services as more beneficial than harmful — is at 83% in China but only 39% in the U.S. This is what those EA billionaires bought with their propaganda money. https://t.co/l3I450og9a
AI Chatbots Loved, Yet Doomer Billionaires Fuel Fear
If judged based on consumer adoption, AI chatbots are the most popular technology ever. If judged based on poll numbers, they are the least popular. How to explain this? A big part of it is the Doomer Industrial Complex —...
Export Restrictions Threaten US AI Leadership and Global Innovation
Everyone in Silicon Valley understands that the way to win a technology race is to get the most users and developers on your platform. Yet the anti-export lobby in Washington keeps inventing reasons why America’s friends and allies shouldn’t be...
AI Hype: Bubble or Superintelligence? Both Unlikely.
The two biggest narratives about AI right now are that (1) it’s a massive bubble (i.e. totally fake) and (2) about to give rise to superintelligence (i.e. totally real). Both narratives can be fake (which is what I believe) but...
No U.S. AI Bailout; Competition Will Fill Gaps
There will be no federal bailout for AI. The U.S. has at least 5 major frontier model companies. If one fails, others will take its place.
US Must Simplify AI Exports to Keep Global Lead
China is exporting Huawei chips + DeepSeek models to the Global South. If we don’t make it just as easy to export the American AI stack, we will forfeit this technology race in large parts of the world. https://t.co/r7u2WT6WvC
Anthropic Not Targeted, Actually Partnered with White House
A new Bloomberg story describes Anthropic as a “White House target” after my tweet the other day. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just a couple of months ago, the White House approved Anthropic’s Claude app to be offered...
Weiner’s Defense Reveals Anthropic’s Push for Leftist AI Regulation
Scott Weiner’s rushing to defend Anthropic tells you everything you need to know about how closely they’re working together to impose the Left’s vision of AI regulation.
