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Jonathan MannForecasting and the future of AI.
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Self-Deceiving AI
art by ChatGPT
Do you know someone who makes confident assertions only to turn around and deny them six months later when reality proves them wrong?
I got fed up to the point that when I learned about forecasting it looked like a silver...
When Our Leverage Evaporates
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Despite being doubtful that humanity will be able to precisely control powerful AI, I assign a relatively low probability to AI leading to civilizational collapse over the rest of the century (maybe 10%). Just the same, I wo...
AI Still Isn’t Coming for Your Job -- Yet
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Author's note: In 2023 I wrote AI Isn't Coming for Tech Jobs—Yet for Asterisk, along with a companion piece laying out the model. The core thesis held: Whatever the disruptions of AI, the number of tech jobs grew on net. My...
The QueensLink Compromise
Source: reddit u/joshsvo / r/nycrail, adapted from the MTA subway map.
QueensLink would have been a signal of confidence in New York City's future. By reactivating an abandoned rail corridor, it would have connected southern Queens to the...
The Jagged Boom
After arguing about AI at LessOnline last weekend, I want to register my beliefs.
The short-timelines people are seeing something real, but the coming years probably won’t manifest as a rapid AI takeoff with an explosion in GDP.
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