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The claim "AI isn't going to replace the top performers in a field, but make them better at what they do and increase their bandwidth to replace bottom performers" seems incorrect based on what I've observed. From the research so far, AI actually makes less skilled workers perform almost as well as the more skilled ones - essentially making normies perform at nearly the same level as nerds.

Noah Smith wrote about this phenomenon almost a year ago in his article "revenge of the normies." Your example actually confirms this equalizing effect of AI, rather than suggesting it amplifies existing skill differences.

As for education in developing countries, most public schools there primarily serve as employment vehicles for lazy, over-educated individuals from upper middle class families. Many don't even show up to work. The issue isn't insufficient pay - Indian public school teachers already earn 4-5 times more than their private school counterparts. An experiment in Indonesia even tried doubling teacher salaries to reduce absenteeism, but it failed. This ultimately stems from most parents in developing countries not caring enough. People are poor because they deserve poverty.

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wonderful to see. the USA will be great again

europe? not so much. deregulation at scale is what we need

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Must have missed this. You know, acceptable losses, collateral damage and all. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/science/spacex-starship-explosion-investigation/index.html

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Never enough space articles :) love to see it!

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