ai impact

"We’ve looked and, honestly, we haven’t seen it... Yes, hiring’s down, but not down more."

"The entire literature clearly points to a single surprising finding"

"50% of employed US adults say they use AI at work a few times per year or more; leaders are more likely to see AI's impact as positive"

"In January, Elon Musk’s SpaceX applied to launch up to 1 million data centers into Earth’s orbit. The goal? To fully unleash the potential of AI—without triggering an environmental crisis on Earth."

"If we define AGI as something that performs as well as humans on all current economically valuable tasks, then it could theoretically be true that new tasks will be created that the AGI is not good at, which humans could then make their new niche."

"The core result of this study is: AI usage slowed down productivity by an average of 19%."

"Jobs, it argues, aren't neat lists of tasks – they're bundles."

"The real risk isn't that AI makes people lazy, but that AI makes "lazy" look like "productive.""

"The real issue may not be that people are broadly becoming lazier or stupider (though this may still be the case). Instead, I argue that a distinct difference needs to be made clear depending on who is using the tool."

"I occasionally contemplate whether extreme operational density negatively impacts my memory, and digital articulation capabilities."

""There are basically two ways to know you have a future," Karp said. "One, you have some vocational training. Or two, you’re neurodivergent.""

"According to the Blood in the Machine newsletter, a nonprofit program aimed at relieving the financial hardships of people negatively impacted by AI is issuing payments as of this week."

"They are right. We are not prepared for what comes next. But we can be."

"I don’t just say things anymore. I kind of… optimize them first."

"For anyone else asking if AI is changing the employment landscape, this is one I saw in front of my eyes."

"I keep finding myself more interested in the human side of AI rather solely on how the tech works..."

"everything feels like a prompt now"

"81% of the respondents said that AI has already helped them take a step towards their ideal life."

"81% of the respondents stated that AI has already helped them take a step towards their ideal life."

"I am 25. The next three years might be the last few years that I work"

"Built a site for tracking reported cases of AI-induced psychological harm since January. 126 cases documented so far. Split between reporting and academic journals for those who might want to research further. Feedback welcome"

"Is it still worth learning basic machine learning as a side skill if AI can already generate simple models?"

"So the same technology that boosts profits today might undermine the scarcity that many companies rely on tomorrow."

"Anthropic debuts Anthropic Institute, an internal think tank led by co-founder Jack Clark, combining its Societal Impacts, Red Team, and Economic Research teams"

"Anthropic's AI, Claude, is being used to investigate how AI will change jobs."

"GitHub's analysis points out that projects lacking clear, written governance guidelines (such as contribution guidelines, code of conduct, review requirements, and decision-making documents) will struggle to sustainably handle growth."

"People will imagine sentient super intelligent beings that can revolutionize science and everything else, but practical impact won’t be that widespread that quickly."

"Curious how people in different industries are adopting AI agents, and to what scale."