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Tyler Cowen

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Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

So I think they're a great example of how hard it is for them to scale because they're the poorest group of Chinese people on the planet.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

Well, starting from a per capita income of like $200 per head.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

And now they're Mexico.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

I'm very impressed by the Industrial Revolution.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

Like, you could argue progress or all progress studies here.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

Most important event in human history, maybe.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

Typical rate of economic growth during that period was about 1.5%.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

And the future is about compounding and sticking with it and, you know, seeing things pay off in the long run.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

Just human beings are not going to change that much.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

And I don't think that property of our world will change that much, even with a lot more IQ and conscientiousness.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

You know, I don't remember what I thought in what month, but I would say on the whole, I see more potential in AI than I did a year ago.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

And I think it has made progress more quickly than I had been expecting.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

And I was pretty bullish on it back then.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

The 01 model to me is very impressive.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

And I think further extensions in that direction will make a big, big difference.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

And the rate at which they come is hard to say.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

But it's something we have.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

And we just have to make it better.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

Those questions were too easy.

Dwarkesh Podcast
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

They were for GPT-4, and it's like abandoned, those questions.