@danshipper: Extremely smart take on the tokenmaxxing panic and why it won’t last:
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Azeem Azhar argues that AI is a general-purpose technology whose impact will take time to materialize, similar to electricity, suggesting the current tokenmaxxing panic may be premature.
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Extremely smart take on the tokenmaxxing panic and why it won’t last:
Azeem Azhar (@azeem): A general-purpose technology can sit inside firms for ages before we see the results. It happened with electricity, it’s happening with AI.
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