Economists watching politicians do economic policy

You can now register for my webinar with Bryan Hancock of McKinsey & Company and @Workhelix co-founders Andy McAfee and James Milin.

We'll demo a new data-driven approach for identifying opportunities for GenAI.

Please spread the word!

#futureofwork #GenAI

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What an awesome planet we have!

In thinking about the potential concern of AGI turning us into house pets it inevitably dawns on one that we’re doing a pretty good job of turning ourselves into house pets already.

It's (finally) happening.

How long before Waymo and other self-driving cars do 500,000 paid trips/week?

Immigration has massively contributed to America’s 🇺🇸 status as a scientific superpower 🔬🔭🧬

Cc: Alec Stapp Derek Thompson Yann LeCun Erik Brynjolfsson

on monday night i'll be giving an important speech: commencement at @columbiasipa graduation

i take this role very seriously, especially at this moment..and i hope some of you can tune in (youtube link below)

good news: at least my test audience loved it

The great American innovation engine is firing again Financial Times

I'm excited about our new machine-learning tool, which discovered new partial differential equations obeying conservation laws: Ziming Liu Subhash Kantamneni

Neural real estate alert:

The most advanced AI agents will want to 'live' close to other AI agents so their electrons won't have to commute as far.

A massive virtuous cycle is ramping up:

The huge decline in battery prices makes investments in solar and wind power much more attractive, and vice-versa.

If I was the leader of Palestine, I would immediately make peace with Israel on the terms of 1967 borders plus landswaps plus a connective corridor between Gaza and the West Bank. Essentially some kind of compromise inbetween the Abbas and Olmert offers from 2008.

Then the hard…

From the incumbents-vs-geeks desk

Starting around 2010, more immigrants to the US had college degrees than just high school or less than high school education.

source: nber.org/system/files/w…

Some good news.

The solar electricity production is soaring in the US and globally.

What's your best prediction for the share for solar in 10 years?

The future – and impressive amount of the present – is solar + batteries

If you’re wondering why you’re seeing so many stories in the media lately about plummeting crime in big cities like Boston, San Francisco, and Philadelphia, and how the streets are getting much safer in America, here’s the reason:

'Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses are proving to be the best implementation of wearable AI out there.'

How will GenAI impact productivity and the economy? Erik Brynjolfsson and Danielle Li break it down in this piece from NBER

nber.org/reporter/2024n…