From AI Skeptic to Believer: Lessons Learned
I am sympathetic to people who think AI is all nonsense hype. This is what I thought in 2015. I was very wrong, though, and I wrote about why and what I learned from that https://t.co/64ElICJ0a4 https://t.co/nJ9gQTmD0m
Recessions Reduce Deaths, Especially From Fewer Commutes
Ironically a well-established finding in health economics is that deaths *fall* during recessions. This is, in part, because people aren’t commuting and so driving-related deaths fall.
Gemini Fails in Google Docs, Works on Docx
Genuinely astonishing how badly integrated Gemini is into Google Docs I asked it three times to fix some footnotes and it crashed each time. I downloaded the docx and asked Gemini to fix that and it did just fine
OpenAI’s AI Policy Mirrors Bernie Sanders’ Agenda
Interesting, as a matter of corporate strategy, that the first AI econ policy paper OpenAI is putting out as a "starting point for discussion" is just the Bernie platform: higher capital taxes, 32 hour workweek, worker vetoes of automation https://t.co/8JdP9Ac3MN
