Issue #87 - The Shrinking Workforce

December 21, 2024
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In This Issue

  • Editorial
    • Artificial general intelligence that isn’t, jobs that aren’t, AI agents that couldn’t.
  • What Caught My Attention This Week
    • Everything looks the same, sounds the same, is the same.
    • The US Government wanted to control and constrain AI development.
    • Shutterstock develops a creator-friendly license for AI training.
  • A Chart to Look Smart
    • The Illusion Of AI Productivity
  • The Tools of the Trade
    • NotebookLM gains the capability to host human guests.
  • How Do You Feel?
    • Reporters Without Borders wants Apple Intelligence off.

Editorial

We are rapidly approaching the second anniversary of Synthetic Work. If you read this newsletter for the whole time, thank you. Really.

As we reach our little milestone, AI has reached two major ones of its own:

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