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The Jevons Paradox for Intelligence

Grattacieli e tunnel, 1930, Depero Fortunato

The last couple of months has seen an explosion of concern that AI is on the cusp of eliminating a large proportion of white-collar jobs. This is the latest epicycle in a long-run trend whereby...

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My Interview with Ricky Sutton on Meta and Child Safety

Recorded live on January 15

In this interview, Ricky Sutton of Future Media and I discuss my essay for After Babel, “Meta’s Child Sex Trafficking Problem.” We also touch on the influence of Big Tech on journalism, as well as the prospect o...

4 months ago
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Farcical Misalignment

Lobster Fishermen, 1940-41, Marsden Hartley

Moltbook—a new Reddit-like social network for AI agents—is the biggest story in tech. The internet is suddenly awash with screenshots of posts and comments assumedly written by AI agents, absent...

4 months ago
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Who are We?

Prisoners from the Front, 1866, Winslow Homer

The United States is in the midst of committing national suicide. There may still be time to save it.

A mix of economically illiterate trade policy and aimless geopolitical chest-thumping has...

4 months ago
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Against the METR Graph

Parable of the Blind, early 17th century, School of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Note: An edited version of this essay is now available here at Transformer.

1. Introduction

If you have been following A.I. research and development over the l...

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  • Nathan Witkin

    Nathan Witkin is a research writer at NYU Stern's Tech and Society Lab, teaches elementary school full-time, and writes about philosophy, politics, and technology at his Substack, Arachne.

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    I've run global newsrooms and worked in Big Tech. I founded an AI company and advise media leaders. It’s time to share new ideas…

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