ChatGPT and Unemployment: What Jobs Will ChatGPT Take? CBS breathlessly informs us of all the jobs that ChatGPT will be taking away. While history does tell us that technological innovation does take away jobs, it also instructs us that it creates
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Problems with the Metaverse Over at Meta.
ChatGPT and Bitcoin Joseph Hall tells us that ChatGPT learns Bitcoin will end central banking and fiat currency.What exactly does that mean? ChatGPT has supposedly been convinced that Bitcoin could bring about the demise of fiat currency. Parman, who writes
Is the Dutch Tulip Bulb Mania Story Fake News? Whenever a new technology gets over-hyped, the ‘Dutch Tulip Bulb Mania’ story always gets trotted out. The story: From 1634 to 1637, prices of tulip bulbs skyrocketed due to speculation. Then,
Dan Shipper says: “They said the same things about typewriters,” in reference to current concerns about generative AI. Yes! I’ve said this often. “How dare you get this typeset! Don’t you think I can read handwriting?” (True thing some old-timey
True to form, large corporations are putting ChatPT on lockdown Abyss Lukpat tells us in JPMorgan Restricts Employees From Using ChatGPT (paywall). This was not due to a particular incident, but simply a general sentiment that ChatGPT was bad. Verizon is doing
Christopher Mims over at the Wall Street Journal (paywall) in AI Becomes Silicon Valley’s Next Buzzy Bandwagon as Crypto Boom Fizzles presents us with another article hyping AI and at the same time telling us that AI is overhyped. Also,
Is ChatGPT as Disruptive as Uber Prarthana Prakash tells us The economist who predicted that A.I. would replace half of all U.S. jobs now says ChatGPT is the equivalent of Uber disrupting the taxi industry—and it could lead to lower
Microsoft Lays of Ten Thousand: In another episode of “it sucks to be you today,” Ashley Stewart tells us that despite all the fanfare around ChatGPT and Bing, Microsoft is still laying off another ten thousand employees, including those working
Making Money with ChatGPT: Over at LinkedIn, Idan Benishu tells us, “It took me less than 10 minutes to create an animated video with a character telling a story – all AI.” TikTokker Cadenboof2, who seems to never appear in