Matt Yglesias

AI models remain unreliable for workplace tasks, with METR (Model Evaluation and Threat Research) reporting that AI can complete tasks taking humans 16 hours only 50% of the time, a caveat highlighted…

A Desiderata roundup examines common misunderstandings about LLM consciousness, noting that philosopher Dan Dennett explicitly rejected the idea that chatbots are conscious, contrary to claims by blog…

Blogger Noah Smith reflects on the diminishing influence of punditry in an era of populism, AI, and monetization, arguing that while blogging once allowed him to inject ideas into the discourse with s…