a lot of the criticism about the methodology/statistics reads like "oh wow this macro paper used a panel data of only eight countries, you can't draw any conclusions from N = 8!!!" like yes you can. Skill issue on the part of the reader.

well idk a lot of research isn't that useful.

I think this is a good study executed as well as they could've, and it's probably the best study of its type/genre? Also they're operating in an insanely brutal environment, where any result like this is ~obsolete after like five months. I just think

The main point is to reject the expert predictions null.

But also come on, there's nothing special about the zero point. Even if it's not a slowdown surely the study contained valuable takeaways.

"In other words the existence of a free market creates the most efficient production possible"

Wait isn't switching costs for foundation model providers near zero

Man

Dude at the FAR Labs office corner I work at, there’s like four people (including me) and three of us would be on split keyboards it’s crazy

Banger