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AI, work and the economy: the argument, the evidence as it arrives, and a model you can run.
Machines are taking over tasks, potentially shifting income to scarce resources and causing job losses that may not return.
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Machines are beginning to take over tasks that people are paid to do. If that continues, income may move from wages to the owners of what remains scarce, chiefly land, location and power, and the next downturn could cost jobs that do not return. This site sets out that argument, follows the evidence as it arrives, and publishes the model behind it for anyone to run.
What we think may be happening, what the model shows if we are right, and what would show that we are wrong.
ICANN has published the list of new generic top-level domain (gTLD) applications for the New gTLD Program: 2026 Round, revealing applied-for strings and applying entities.
Meta and Microsoft are implementing new measures to limit employee use of Claude AI—discover what this means for the future of AI in the workplace.
Tiger Style and matklad recommend pushing ifs up and fors down. This post looks at what the idiom actually says, where it shows up in query optimization and in the algebra of…
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Claude Haiku 5.5 is our fastest, most capable small model. Built for high-volume work like summarization, subagents, and browser use.
X is turning its NFL-focused Gametime feature into a year-round sports destination, starting with MLB and with other professional leagues to follow.
At today's Windows and Surface event, Microsoft showed off an upgrade to its Copilot AI system that will give it access to local files on your PC and the ability to take actions…
