In many ways ChatGPT was less of a technical breakthrough than a user interface breakthrough. By organising and configuring the capabilities of the model in a novel way - chat - the implications of the underlying technology became more accessible and open to analysis and understanding. This seems to suggest that we should be interested… Continue reading The teleonomic moment (Agency and policy II)
Month: October 2023
Notes for a panel OMFIF – and further exploration later
These are some notes for a panel discussion this afternoon - they are sketches, much more work needed on this and I need to also figure out if this is quite right, and don't feel it is, not yet. Notes on macroeconomics and AI The mental models we have when we try to assess the… Continue reading Notes for a panel OMFIF – and further exploration later
Space curious
Can space save the economy from secular stagnation? That is the hypothesis explored in this paper by Matthew Weinzierl. The way you react to papers like this is interesting - there are, I find, two typical reactions. The first is an enthusiastic "Yes!" and the other is a deep sigh, followed by complaints about people looking… Continue reading Space curious