Essays
88 essays
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Washington Post: AI is transforming Indian call centers. What does it mean for workers?
The premise of the story is fascinating: AI technology makes it easier for call center workers to communicate with Americans. Call center worker Kartikeya Kumar is pleased, “Now the customer…
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Waymo: New Insights for Scaling Laws in Autonomous Driving
Waymo recently published a study outlining the importance of large data sets for improved autonomous vehicle performance. The last few years of AI performance have been powered by scale. It…
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Using AI Right Now: A Quick Guide
Ethan Mollick publishes a very helpful guide for using AI tools right now. I think his conclusions are spot-on: For most people who want to use AI seriously, you should…
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New York Magazine: Everyone Is Already Using AI (And Hiding It
The cost of moviemaking is growing while audiences in theaters continue to shrink. Studio execs love the idea of using AI to reduce costs while creators (directors, producers) are excited…
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Ethan Mollick on Sea Otters and AI Image Generation
This is a fun post -- the recent improvements of AI photo/image generation as seen through sea otter imagery. Spoiler alert: the improvements are profound -- from grainy, hard to…
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NY Times: They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
Here, you'll find wild stories. Eugene Torres, 42, used Chat GPT to talk through "the simulation theory" and ended up spending up to 16 hours a day using the too.…
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Politico: Artificial intelligence threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe’s driest regions
Amazon and Microsoft are considering building data centers in Aragon (northeastern Spain), a prospect that some in Europe are concerned about because of water use. This is an extension of…
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ChatGPT on Campus
The NY Times reported that OpenAI is working to partner with universities to provide ChatGPT to college students and employees. The University of Maryland, Duke, and Cal State are all…
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Who is using AI to code?
A new research paper by Simone Daniotti, Johannes Wachs, Xiangnan Feng, and Frank Neffke found that more than 30% of Python functions (from U.S. developers) in git commits originated from…
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WSJ: The Biggest Companies Across America Are Cutting Their Workforces
Following Andy Jassy's letter to Amazon's workforce yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published a story this morning that reported companies' white-collar workforce has declined by 3.5% over the past three…