We are pleased to announce the first edition of Inference Magazine — a new publication on AI progress.
In the first edition, we cover:
How much economic growth we should expect from AI, how soon? Previous general-purpose technologies provided very gradual boosts to growth over decades, should we expect this time to be different?
Next, ‘AGI is an engineering problem’ argues that all the necessary components for building human-level AI systems are in place, and all that remains is scaling the engineering.
Finally, ‘on o1’ is a technical primer on the new reasoning paradigm.
Links are in the thread below...
The Budget employer national insurance increase will mostly end up being passed to employees in the form of lower wages and reduced employment. A thread on why I'm disappointed by the Budget, and why this chart makes me sad.
Nobody would choose to build an AI datacentre in the UK. Our latest report sets out why this needs to be fixed, and how to do so.
The UK can and should become the world's best place build AI datacentres and the power to support them.
See the link below.
LFG🚀 11th December
We must stop the endless doom cycle. No growth. No ambition. Many of us want to try to fix this.
Over the last year, I've led multiple successful campaigns and I know we can push on this - and get Westminster to pay attention - and adopt policies for growth. We just need you.
If you agree, want to hear more, and want to come along on December 11th sign up below!👇 We'll be dropping details over the next few weeks.
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Useful Deutsche Bank chart showing the move in UK gilts following the Budget (dark blue line).
As I was saying yday, nowhere near as dramatic as post mini-Budget (red line). Nowhere near "crisis" territory.
Even so - still among the biggest post-Budget jumps in recent history...
new from me: I’ve teamed up with @anastasiabekt to explore why so much policy work is basically pointless. We walk through the mistakes tech companies, consultancies, think tanks, and lobbyists make, how it impoverishes debate, and how we can improve it. 🧵
OUT TODAY: Our Autumn 2024 Growth Budget setting out how Rachel Reeves could boost economic growth in her Budget next week – and the measures she should avoid.
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