Baskaran
baskaran.bsky.social
Baskaran
@baskaran.bsky.social
HR Technology Practitioner. I am excited about the future of work and the intersection of HR and tech. MBA, SHRM-SCP, GPHR, SPHR, HRIP *Amor Fati*
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Grateful for freedom, and for those who sacrificed. Happy 4th of July.
Grateful for freedom, and for those who sacrificed. Happy 4th of July.
July 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus." - Turkish proverb
February 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Until the lion learns to write, the world will glorify the hunter" - African Proverb
February 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Where there's a will, there's a way" - Albert Einstein
February 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4% via @cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/j...?
U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4%
Nonfarm payrolls were projected to increase by 169,000 in January, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.
www.cnbc.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"If you get on the wrong train, get off at the nearest station; the longer it takes you to get off, the more expensive the return trip will be." - Japanese Proverb
February 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Rise with courage, chase your dreams. Through every storm, let your light beam. Failures teach, but hope prevails,
With every step, your strength unveils." - Unknown
February 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
MIT Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu estimate of how AI will affect the U.S. economy over the next 10 years. Estimating that only about 5% of tasks will be able to be profitably performed by AI, the GDP boost would likely be closer to 1% via @mitsloan
mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...?
A new look at the economics of AI | MIT Sloan
MIT Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu predicts that artificial intelligence will have a “nontrivial, but modest” effect on GDP in the next decade.
mitsloan.mit.edu
February 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
OpenAI has launched a new agent capable of conducting complex, multistep online research into everything from scientific studies to personalized bike recommendations at what it claims is the same level as a human analyst via @technologyreview

www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/03/1...
OpenAI’s new agent can compile detailed reports on practically any topic
In just minutes, Deep Research can produce reports that would take humans “tens of hours” to complete.
www.technologyreview.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Bill Gates thinks everyone should read "The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century’s Greatest Dilemma.” written by AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman, who predicts AI will change what most jobs look across every industry in the next 5 years.
via @cnbc
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/21/b...?
Bill Gates: This is 'one of the most important books on AI ever written'—it predicts a 'hugely destabilizing' impact on jobs
Bill Gates is both optimistic about AI and realistic about the "genuine risks" it poses to jobs, as outlined in Mustafa Suleyman's book "The Coming Wave."
www.cnbc.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM