Tyler Cowen
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Astra, doing poetry
One prompt, no cherry-picking: TC: “Now a short poem in the style of the very best Rilke, in German:” Die Hand im Schlaf Nun liegt sie offen.
My excellent Conversation with Michael Moritz
Here is the audio, video, and transcript.
Richard Fontaine interviews me about AI
For the American Society for AI. The post Richard Fontaine interviews me about AI appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .
The College Wage Premium in the Generative AI Era
After expanding for four decades, the U. S. college wage premium is experiencing a sustained contraction, dropping sharply from 0.626 in 2022 to 0.575 in 2026.
Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity
Note: Due to a technical mishap, Tyler’s video feed starts at 16:14.
Who values democracy?
This paper examines the conventional view that redistribution is central to the democratization process using data from stock markets.
More optimistic results on AI and job markets
Here is a good Jon Hartley thread. Here is the paper, with Jolevski, Melo, and Moore.
Anthropomorphizing AI?
I am very much opposed to the view that the AIs are sentient, or might be sentient. I view that as a category error, and the chances of it being true are vanishingly small.