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AI may boost productivity, but we are already becoming reliant on it, and that’s a problem

Workplace Insight

This year’s edition tracks research, development, technical performance, responsible practices, economics, policy, public opinion, and more. The report also highlights a trend noted last year: training models is getting expensive. Compare that to just a few years ago, where state-of-the-art models cost a fraction of the price.

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Is America "The World's First Poor Rich Country"?

Small Business Labs

Second, Americans bear the risks of paying those unaffordable costs to an extreme degree, bearing the risks that institutions should, and so those risks are now ruinously high. Key quote: The meritocratic class has mastered the old trick of consolidating wealth and passing privilege along at the expense of other people’s children.

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The 2023 Motherhood Penalty: The Sorry State Of Affairs For Working Women Continues

Allwork

Redesigning policies around parental leave could address gender imbalances in the workplace and positively influence societal attitudes towards unpaid childcare. If far-reaching policy changes are not implemented, working women with children will continue to be penalized. in 2017/18 to 12.2% What keeps this disparity in check?

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