Dr. Karoline Busse

Today's breakfast discussion was #videogames (#BattleBrothers might have been an inspiration for #mewgenics?), existential horror (what part of #lovecraft 's writing has lost its bite over time?), leftist virtue signaling, the similarities between #AI discourse and veganism, and this Goldman Sachs statement:

"AI contributed 'basically zero' to the US economy last year."

I see Maslow's Hammer in full swing here.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-contributed-basically-zero-us-181419807.html

AI contributed 'basically zero' to the US economy last year, according to Goldman Sachs

A recent interview conducted by the Atlantic Council with Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius reveals that AI contributed "basically zero" growth to...

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Show threadDr. Karoline BusseMar 21

Five years ago, everyone was hyped by the blockchain and adjacent technologies (anyone remember smart contracts?). People had the blockchain hammer in their hands and suddenly, everything looked like a blockchain nail. The ones who cried the loudest usually had a very limited picture of the technology and its implications.

Today, it's the same but with a different hammer. People see large language models and treat it as a 100% human replacement. And again, with a very limited view on the tech.