Reading path
You think in markets
For readers fluent in charts and economic reasoning but not in code. Start with work and incentives; branch into the machinery and the politics.
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The reading order
- ✓ [1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language ModelsAbout this work →
The one technical prerequisite — what the product actually is.
- ✓ Centaurs and Cyborgs on the Jagged FrontierAbout this work →
The best field experiment on AI and productivity.
- ✓ Plentiful, high-paying jobs in the age of AIAbout this work →
Comparative advantage applied to AI, by an economist writing for everyone.
- ✓ The Cyborg Era: What AI means for jobsAbout this work →
The same machinery with the concessions included — corner solutions and all.
Then follow your interest
How it works, and why it scales
- ✓ Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPTAbout this work →
Where the costs and capabilities actually come from.
- ✓ The Bitter LessonAbout this work →
Why compute keeps winning — the supply side's founding text.
- ✓ The AI water issue is fakeAbout this work →
Resource economics of data centers, done with real denominators.