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Saving for the machines

From Jesús Fernández-Villaverde: When machines can perform a growing share of tasks, growth depends on two margins: how the task structure affects the returns to accumulating machines, and how strongly capital…

Monday assorted links

1. More on Nigerian and African mega-cities, by the great David Pilling (FT). 2. Quantum gravity labor arbitrage. 3. New (non-AI) claims about consciousness.  And more here. 4. “Stop Pink-Washing…