The one piece of data that could actually shed light on your job and AI
AI Summary
MIT Technology Review's newsletter covers AI's impact on jobs, space-based data centers, and various tech industry developments. The main focus is on the need for price elasticity data to understand AI's employment effects and SpaceX's plans for orbital computing infrastructure.
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AI job impact
We need a Manhattan Project for price elasticity data to address AI's employment threat
Sam Altman trustworthiness
Some have called him a sociopath and don't trust his public statements on AI regulation
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