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Nathan Warren @nathanwarren.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

"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." 😆

wired.com

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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azeem.bsky.social @azeem.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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

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Nathan Warren @nathanwarren.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Some good points. We need to learn the lessons, otherwise we are doomed to repeat them.

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Nathan Warren @nathanwarren.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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)

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Nathan Warren @nathanwarren.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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"

nber.org

Couch-Locked with the Munchies: Effects of Recreational Marijuana Laws on Exercise and Nutrition

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Nathan Warren @nathanwarren.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

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...

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 08/05/2024

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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Data Insights

Bite-sized insights on how the world is changing, written by our team

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

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.

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Nathan Warren @nathanwarren.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

How to finance the energy transition? Well... the solution seems to be staring us right in the face. #energy #climate on.ft.com/44yoJBl

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Nathan Warren @nathanwarren.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

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

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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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