Indeed :)
"The level of uncertainty about AI’s economic effects is so high—and the quality and supply of real-world, real-time information about its economic effects so paltry—that even serious conversations about AI from otherwise analytical people often veer toward the genre of fiction rather than the category of empirical analysis. AI land is so full of science fiction precisely because the space is so bereft of official high-quality data."
And, I'm willing to bet, that lack of #data is _intentional. Grifts thrive in a vacuum!
#AI #GenAI #grift #tech #ethics #extraction #deathspiral #economics
https://www.derekthompson.org/p/nobody-knows-anything