~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (560)
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*Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics*
A fun book, I enjoyed the read. Here is one bit: There is another contribution to...
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Germany facts of the day
Germany has lost almost a quarter of a million manufacturing jobs since the start of the...
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Does Peer Review Penalize Scientific Risk Taking?
Scientific projects that carry a high degree of risk may be more likely to lead to...
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Tuesday assorted links
1. Meta’s AI-powered Ray-Bans are life-enhancing for the blind (WSJ). 2. Removal of all NEPA regulations?...
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Talking with Johnathan Bi about AI
A very good dialogue, here is the YouTube: Johnathan discusses it here on Twitter, plus it...
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An Economic Approach to Homer’s Odyssey: Part II
My three-part essay for Liberty Fund continues, here is the opener: In the previous article, I...
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Monday assorted links
1. What is the meaning of life? 2. Rohit gets The Boss to write a science...
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It’s happening at The New York Times
The New York Times is greenlighting the use of AI for its product and editorial staff,...
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Italy’s Superbonus: The Dumbest Fiscal Policy in Recent Memory
Luis Garicano has an amazing post on “one of the dumbest fiscal policies in recent memory.”...
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Naming AI models correctly
Are you confused by all the model names and terminology running around? Here is a simple...
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Kevin Kelly’s fifty travel tips
Here is one of them, in part: Here in brief is the method I’ve honed to...
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Reforming the NIH
It seems the Trump proposal to simply cut overhead to fifteen percent will not stand up...
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What should I ask David Robertson?
Yes, David Robertson the conductor. He studied with Boulez and Messiaen, and arguably is the second...
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Which economic tasks are performed with AI?
I have now read through the very impressive paper on AI tasks to have come out...
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Emergent Ventures winners, 40th cohort
Akhil Kumar, 19, Toronto, global health issues and general career development. Janet Shin, Berkeley, neurotech and...
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Saturday assorted links
1. Dwarkesh and Toby Ord on inference and AI governance. 2. Gwern on Greenland. 3. Bill...
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European Union fact of the day
The IMF estimates that Europe’s internal barriers are equivalent to a tariff of 45 per cent...
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How should government disclosure be done?
That is my recent Bloomberg column on this all-important topic. Here is one part: The risk...
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AI Personality Extraction from Faces: Labor Market Implications
Human capital—encompassing cognitive skills and personality traits—is critical for labor market success, yet the personality component...
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Ukrainian bond data correction
In the previous post, I cited data showing that Ukrainian bond prices had fallen over the...
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Ukraine bond yields
Right now in the neighborhood of 46%. Right before the election they were roughly at 34%. ...
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Friday assorted links
1. New blood test for pancreatic cancer. 2. More on IRBs and the law. 3. Freedom...
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How the System Works
Charles Mann is worried that so few of us have any notion of the giant, interconnected...
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Passive listeners on Spotify
I have been reading the new Liz Pelly book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and...