yes I totally agree! Empiricism for the win!
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yes I totally agree! Empiricism for the win!
But is it actually a useful tool to separate out AI from macro effects, if it's not giving you a very good real-world read on AI exposure? The make-up artist who loses her job because of the use of AI models, for example, doesn't have an "exposed" occupation on a automatable-task-basis...
Economists: you know I love you, but I think it's time you gave it a rest with all these "which jobs are most exposed to AI?" analyses. www.ft.com/content/8d3b...
that's super kind, thanks - nervewracking but I hope so :)
thanks Karen! I haven't started banging on about yet on social media as I don't want to bore you all too soon, but it's been a labour of love and I'm v excited to see it finally be published soon :)
Really good piece from @emmavj.bsky.social about the rise in AI slop employment claims. A reminder that tools which make individuals more productive (in this case, in writing claims) does not necessarily make a system more productive. Sometimes the opposite. www.ft.com/content/afc3...
When I joined the FT as a graduate trainee in 2007, my salary was £26k (or maybe £28k, I can't remember now.) Almost 20 years later, many graduate salaries are not much different IN NOMINAL TERMS
Such a good piece today from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com which shows that the declining graduate premium is very much a UK problem rather than a general (or inevevitable) consequence of more people going to uni www.ft.com/content/649d...
Wise words from... *checks notes* Jeff Bezos (in 2017)...
OK good (wait, have you been to Level 2??) Similarly, anyone who's driven past the Cat and Fiddle and thought "yep, I'm in the south" is insane.
Good piece from Martin Wolf today about why people are fretting way too much about the prospect of declining birth rates/falling population. www.ft.com/content/0ae2...
This line appears to make half of my hometown (Buxton) southern, and half northern. As I'm from the northern half, I'll grudgingly accept it.
thanks Moyeen!
thanks Steve!
cheers Duncan!
Ahhh this writing. @stephenkb.bsky.social is so good!
The FT's live Ask an Expert finally getting onto the good stuff... www.ft.com/content/c330...
That's v kind of you to say! Thanks
thanks Stu!
I have successfully welcomed @jayrayner1.bsky.social into the Brother mono laser cult... I mean, community
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Haha, the best kind ;)
What a drive-by from @chrisgiles.ft.com! "In his first term, Trump thought the then 47-year-old former Fed governor was too youthful and good looking to command respect. Eight years on, that has all changed." www.ft.com/content/167c...
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Why are so many graduates struggling to find a job?
@sarahoconnorft.ft.com and @stish.bsky.social join me to discuss why young people leaving university are having a tough time in the labour market.
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Detailed job postings data do not show a dip around the launch of ChatGPT; rate hikes earlier in 2022 are the more likely culprit Job postings volume for junior and senior positions
‘Our analysis of job postings data from the US, UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands shows no clear evidence that AI is behind the slowdown in early-career employment across much of the west’ @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @sarahoconnorft.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/7fbc...
Thanks Giles!
We don’t live in a zero-sum world Giles, whatever Trump might think!
Our newsletter today (out at 12:30) is on this very topic! With some illuminating original data-crunching by John…
