The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age - The Atlantic

kept by eddie jul 08

The differentiator in the AI age is not intelligence but one's relationship to mental effort, with cognitive polarization likely dividing society into those who thrive and those who decline.

AI Isn’t Lightening Workloads. It’s Making Them More Intense. - WSJ
A study of 164,000 workers finds AI increases work speed, density, and complexity, reducing focused time and increasing communication tool usage.
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Could A.I. Do Your Job? We Put Agents to the Test. - The New York Times
In a New York Times experiment, AI agents handled Slack feedback and form‑filling but faltered on nuanced decisions and UI tasks like uploading files.
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Inside GitHub's Fake Star Economy
A CMU study found 6 million fake GitHub stars, with VCs using star counts as funding signals, creating a self-reinforcing economy of purchased popularity.
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