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On January 9th, a little over two months ago, Bryan Caplan wrote, Many, perhaps most, of my friends are giddy about ChatGPT. My Inbox is full of emails from Tyler Cowen touting its glories. More concretely, Alex Tabarrok recently assured me that existing AIs could already beat…

Matthew Barnett

Mar 15

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We don't actually know how ChatGPT works. It might have some true understanding.

Matthew Barnett

Feb 17

The title of this post is technically true in many circumstances, but it's more complicated than some think. Let me explain why. It is true that if you…

Matthew Barnett

Aug 9, 2021

Incentives make the world go round. You know what also does? People.

Matthew Barnett

Jul 18, 2021

I show off my predictions, and answer some questions

Matthew Barnett

May 26, 2021

The logic behind anti-vaccination reflects humanity's deep bias in favor of nature

Matthew Barnett

May 15, 2021

A reply to Nathan Robinson and some musings on the capitalism vs. socialism divide

Matthew Barnett

Apr 25, 2021

Recent AI accomplishments have been impressive, but I'm not quite convinced we're close to a radical transformation in human civilization

Matthew Barnett

Apr 22, 2021

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