Rohr Wiseraker

But anyway, yes, this thing will fail, because nothing is being built. Yes, every ideological movement assures us that after the old order is completely torn down, a utopia will arise in its place. Somehow the utopia never seems to arrive. Instead, the supposedly temporary period of pain and sacrifice stretches on longer and longer, and the... See more

Why is it that, with larger populations than ever before, our tolerance for casualties is increasingly low?

Back in 1994, I offered a simple theory: the wars of history were fought by “spare” male children. Even as late as the mid-20th century, the average European family had several children. In agricultural households, one male could inherit the... See more

Worrying signs

There are growing, worrying signs that the optimism about AI won’t pan out.

An MIT report found 95% of organizations surveyed are getting no return on their AI product investments. A University of Chicago economics paper found AI chatbots had “no significant impact on workers’ earnings, recorded hours, or wages” at 7,000 Danish... See more

First order effects of inventions are easy to predict but secondary, tertiary, and n+1 effects are very hard. That’s almost laughable to say about a sector like AI where new research / startups / demos / regulations / firings / resignations / fundings are happening at light speed. Like literally there’s something mind-blowing that happens every... See more

https://t.co/K8KlCGDv0K