Byrne Hobart's newsletter edition, 'Legislating from in Front of the Bench,' published on 27th August 2026, discusses the interplay between AI regulation and technological development, highlighting ac…
Byrne Hobart's August 25, 2026 edition of 'Data Flow' covers microcaps, AI safety with 'Muskian characteristics,' invisible infrastructure, bonds, and stability, highlighting the intersection of techn…
Byrne Hobart's August 6, 2026 edition of The Diff examines the political dynamics of visible versus invisible AI, arguing that the most consequential AI systems operate behind the scenes, shaping deci…
Byrne Hobart's July 30, 2026 edition of 'The Diff' introduces a 'Natty-or-not' framework for evaluating everything, covering topics including liability, drones, prediction markets with CCP characteris…
Byrne Hobart explores the concept of AI functioning as a 'conscientiousness prosthetic,' enhancing human productivity and decision-making. The article also covers topics such as payments, value captur…
Jacob Falkovich, Byrne Hobart, David Chapman, and Paul Millerd have called for authors of AI-generated content to publish their prompts instead of the output, arguing that prompts are more valuable an…
Byrne Hobart's newsletter explores whether AI art has been attempted, alongside topics like pricing, rewrites, distribution, and managed markets, in the July 10, 2026 edition.…
Byrne Hobart predicts that AI labs will briefly operate as neoclouds, offering compute capacity to outsiders before pivoting, in a 2026 essay that also covers FDE crunch, Fable, egg futures, IBM's evo…
Byrne Hobart questions the reliability of Hacker News commenters in his latest edition, also covering threshold effects, the open-face AI sandwich, legal DDOS, arms races, and sales funnels.…
Byrne Hobart's newsletter 'N > 1' discusses AI's inevitable integration with advertising, market momentum, volatility, OpenAI developments, and media ecosystems in its June 16, 2026 edition.…
The rapid expansion of AI hardware manufacturing is creating economic distortions reminiscent of Dutch disease, where a booming sector drives up costs and draws resources away from other industries. T…
The rise of "vol-farming celebrities" marks a new trend where influencers and traders profit from market volatility by promoting high-risk strategies to large online audiences. This phenomenon, driven…
Pod shops, the small-scale manufacturing facilities that emerged during the pandemic, have multiple opportunities to integrate artificial intelligence effectively into their operations. These business…
Productivity growth has slowed across advanced economies despite rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, creating a paradox where technological capability outpaces measurable output. Economists…