Re: AI and Interest rates

2023-06-03 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sat, 3 Jun 2023 at 16:53, John Clark wrote: > I have a theory about interest rates and I'd like to know what those who > know more about economics than I do think about it. > > When it comes to economic forecasting the generally accepted beliefs that > an economy's population has is all

Re: AI and Interest rates

2023-06-03 Thread Jason Resch
Interest rates have the function of marshalling the productive resources of an economy towards pursuit of the most economically productive ends. Anything with an economic return less then prevailing interest rates isn't worth taking out a loan to invest in putting resources towards that endeavor.

Re: AI and Interest rates

2023-06-03 Thread Jason Resch
On Sun, Jun 4, 2023, 12:48 AM Brent Meeker wrote: > "Buy land. They aren't making any more of it." > --- Mark Twain > But perhaps the utility and scarcity of land will diminish after the development of superhuman AI or the singularity, for any of the following reasons: - The potential to

Re: AI and Interest rates

2023-06-03 Thread Brent Meeker
"Buy land.  They aren't making any more of it."     --- Mark Twain On 6/3/2023 8:52 AM, John Clark wrote: I have a theory about interest rates and I'd like to know what those who know more about economics than I do think about it. When it comes to economic forecasting the generally accepted

GPT and the human genome

2023-06-03 Thread John Clark
Now a version of GPT is being used to analyze tens of thousands of genomes, including those of human beings, and make predictions about individuals that have them. Illumina AI - ChatGPT for your genome. John K ClarkSee what's on my new list at

AI and Interest rates

2023-06-03 Thread John Clark
I have a theory about interest rates and I'd like to know what those who know more about economics than I do think about it. When it comes to economic forecasting the generally accepted beliefs that an economy's population has is all important, and it doesn't even matter if that belief is true.

Re: Mr. GPT, show me your work

2023-06-03 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 6:45 PM Brent Meeker wrote: > *> A fascinating interview of Anil Seth on consciousness. JKC will be > especially interested in the last segments starting at 46:15.* > > *https://listen.quantamagazine.org/jow-208-nwslttr* >