New AI Profit Tax Pleases Both Progressives and Billionaires
How to tax AI profits? A proposal that would make both AOC and Jeff Bezos happy. https://newsletter.drorpoleg.com/p/how-to-tax-ai-profits
More Money Fuels Bigger, Costlier Projects, Jevons Paradox
The real Jevons paradox is in capital markets: the more money we create, the more expensive and ambitious the projects we invent to absorb it.
From Blog Launch to Space Data Centers in 3.5 Years
We went from "research preview" to "data centers in space" in 3.5 years. ChatGPT was launched without fanfare on an academic blog, and now we're reaching beyond Earth to handle the exponential demand for energy and computing.
Hard‑Asset “HALO
A lot of people are talking about investing in "Hard Assets, Low Obsolescence" (HALO). There is no such thing. If your customers and competition shift at the speed of software, your asset is vulnerable. Infra can still be a great investment,...
Super‑intelligent AI Won’t Fix Coordination; Central Control Will
No. Cheap, superior intelligence does not solve humanity's (and nature's) basic challenge of adaptation and coordination. In many ways, it intensifies/exacerbates them. If all cars became "super-intelligent," would that solve traffic? No, but making all cars connected and centrally controlled would....
AI Aims to Make Workers Interchangeable, Not Replace Them
AI doesn't want to replace you; It wants to make you interchangeable. ...and other insights from my conversation with the one and only @JacobShap. https://t.co/eSaqUJB614
AI Says Housing Overhaul Is America’s Ultimate Fix
The most intelligent AI was asked to name a single policy that would “fix everything” in America. It’s top three ideas were about housing and construction.
AI Firms Lease NY Offices, Leave Most Space Empty
AI companies are (among the few) signing large leases in New York — but most of the space remains unused. "Companies say they want room to grow... Others say a NY office space offers them critical credibility with clients, even if...
Internet Era Multiplies Authors, Surpassing Millennia of Writing
“Over five thousand years, humankind accumulated about 300 million authors. Now, in a mere 40 years of the internet, the number has doubled if we count only heavy authors, or increased by orders of magnitude if we include all those...
Future Pandemics and Cures May Begin in Basements
The next global pandemic will start in someone's basement. So will the vaccine for it. https://t.co/G3PVXy9eoY
China’s Housing Collapse Erases Two Decades of Savings
I meant what I said: China is terrified of a global recession, and if Iran doesn’t capitulate, that’s exactly what we’ll get. Chinese home prices, representing the savings of the Chinese people, have erased all the gains of the past...
LLMs Frequently Reproduce Academic Results via Code Generation
LLMs can read academic papers and write code to reproduce the results. Not always, but quite often.
AirPods: Apple’s Hidden Gem Poised for AI Era
You may not it like, but the AirPods are the most non-obvious and magical product Apple ever shipped. They will only become more important as AI moves to the fore. https://t.co/mhUIGZJj6n
Actual Office Demand Outpaces GDP‑based Forecasts
Actual Office Demand vs. Predicted Office Demand based on historical correlation with GDP growth and employment data. https://t.co/6Nzn0wmIbE
Precise Mass Production Remains Economically Out of Reach
The world is not ready for “precise mass”. Not on the battlefield and not anywhere else. The cost structure of mass production with the precision/personalization of personal service.