Joshua Gans' Newsletter

What is the Optimal Level of Hallucination?

Hint: it's not zero

Feb 11 • 

Joshua Gans

What will AI do to (p)research?

AI makes doing and communicating research much easier. Will there be any point to it?

Feb 5 • 

Joshua Gans

Do we want a "faster" human?

Why some people often have the wrong end-goal

Feb 2 • 

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December 2024

The Value of AI for Uneven Work

AI will be valuable for work that has lots of downtime with brief but large surges

Dec 18, 2024 • 

Joshua Gans

Introducing All Day TA

My new venture designed to bring AI responsibly into college education

Dec 13, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Will there be an AI Era?

Reflections on Taylor Swift

Nov 24, 2024 • 

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October 2024

What will they do with all that AI infrastructure investment?

We can only theorise

Oct 19, 2024 • 

Joshua Gans

Those arguing that AI is biased against labour have work to do

I take on Daron Acemoglu's argument that governments need to do something about AI

Oct 18, 2024 • 

Joshua Gans

AI comes for Podcasting

NotebookLM breaks through

Oct 14, 2024 • 

Joshua Gans

September 2024

AI is not dispassionate ... yet

ChatGPT-4o1 retains human biases

Sep 14, 2024 • 

Joshua Gans

August 2024

Knowing when to use AI

The human factor really matters

Aug 21, 2024 • 

Joshua Gans

About that AI Scientist

Wait! Is AI coming for MY job?

Aug 16, 2024 • 

Joshua Gans