Nathan Warren
@nathanwarren.bsky.social
Researcher writing about tech & society @ https://www.exponentialview.co/
"LinkedIn may have inadvertently created the ideal laboratory for AI writing. ... It’s the place where people strive to be the most anodyne versions of themselves, pleasant and inoffensive. Artificiality, in other words, is what everyone is expecting." 😆
Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated
A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success.
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An important result. AI agents are now competitive with human engineers on tough AI r&d tasks when given a time budget of less than 4 hours. That boundary will only shift out. Sets the terrain for faster acceleration. t.co/kbUgxUxWdp
Some good points. We need to learn the lessons, otherwise we are doomed to repeat them.
can@canolcer.eu · 2y agoIn this post I explain why I think that Bluesky is de facto centralized and why they are trying to have their cake and eat it, too. And how the team at Bluesky can improve the situation: canolcer.com/post/thought...
AGI: "All you wages are belong to us" But really, this graph shows how AGI could boost output while slashing wages. The report makes the case for gov contingency planning. Maybe a good idea if they are racing to build it???? (see AGI Manhattan project)
Lol that was expected: "The passage of Recreational Marijuana Law led to an increase in the number of grocery store trips that involved “junk food”, as well as the amount of respective “junk food” spending. This effect is particularly driven by an increase in snacks, cookies, and candy"
Couch-Locked with the Munchies: Effects of Recreational Marijuana Laws on Exercise and Nutrition
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Among the many annoying things about TX is their closing off free access to their API. This is not the case on Bluesky. Here is a visualization of the network of all of Bluesky's users. joelgustafson.com/posts/2024-1...
30% of the world's electricity came from renewable sources in 2023, according to Ember (which is pretty solid as a data source). With wind and solar driving the steady rising trend since 2010. ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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people think our current information environment is uniquely poisonous because of social media but idk I'm old enough to remember when the highest rated daytime talk show was telling people there were networks of satanists sacrificing thousands of children a year.
How to finance the energy transition? Well... the solution seems to be staring us right in the face. #energy #climate on.ft.com/44yoJBl
After the introduction of the GDPR, companies in the EU reduced their data storage by 26% and data processing by 15% compared to similar companies in the US. www.nber.org/papers/w32146
Data, Privacy Laws and Firm Production: Evidence from the GDPR
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Simon Kuper spitting facts: "Perhaps the global economy needs the US, or at least a few inventive bits of it — as long as you don’t have to live there." on.ft.com/3QtMyED
Europeans have more time, Americans more money. Which is better?
Life expectancy, happiness, sustainability and innovation among factors shaping work attitudes
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