Deena Mousa argues AI probably won’t be a leapfrog technology. I largely agree with this; the lack of training data seems particularly likely to bite in LMICs.
Standard deviations of learning are not comparable across studies.
The Social Market Foundation has a new proposal to allow Brits to shift state spending earlier in life. It would allow people to take out one year of their state pension in their 30s - for instance, for a down payment - in exchange for delaying the start of their state pension.
This seems broadly sensible;1 in general, state spending in the UK is very skewed to pensioners, while people often struggle to buy property and afford children.
The Economist argues we should spice up soccer by allowing the goalie “to use less and less of his body to make saves” as the match progresses, specifying that “if a player is judged to have feigned injury, the next foul on them will be unpunishable”, and making referees able to “award a green card to any player who dribbles past an opponent in games played on American soil”. I would watch this game.
Labour voters think they’re richer, smarter, kinder and funnier than the average Brit.2
Obviously you would have to limit what the money could be used for, because otherwise lots of 20-somethings would be having a lot of fun in exchange for no state pension whatsoever.
We are.