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Do Americans really hate AI?

We might be heading towards a populist backlash towards AI, but we’re not there yet. Outside the tech bubble, Americans really don’t care about AI yet. AI is Americans’ 29th most important issue, according to the fantastic survey @davidshor ran that everyone is rightly looking at. It’s not surprising that Americans will answer sentiment questions about AI […] The post Do Americans really hate AI? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsThis seems like a reasonable point. Most of the AI...

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AGI Could Lower Interest Rates

Standard models predict that expectations of artificial general intelligence (AGI) should elevate long-term interest rates. I show that this prediction need not hold. I develop a heterogeneous-agent asset pricing model in which AGI, or more broadly, transformative AI (TAI) capable of automating most human labor, can lower interest rates even as it dramatically accelerates growth. […] The post AGI Could Lower Interest Rates appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsWe cannot agree on a de...

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Nominations Are Open for the Christianity Today Book Awards

Dear publishers and authors, Each year, Christianity Today honors a set of outstanding books encompassing a variety of subjects and genres. The CT Book Awards will be announced online in December, featured in our January/February 2027 print issue, and promoted in CT newsletters and on our social media channels. In addition, publishers will have the Read more. The post Nominations Are Open for the Christianity Today Book Awards appeared first on Christianity Today

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How to Forecast China’s Lithography Leap

The authors assess two forecasting methodologies’ abilities to contribute to the fast-moving field of techno-economic competition in the context of the global semiconductor ecosystem and China’s efforts to indigenize lithography technology

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The Download: the tech reshaping IVF and the rise of balcony solar

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for IVF IVF has brought millions of babies into the world over the last four decades. But the process can still be slow, painful, and expensive—and far from guaranteed…

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