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The speaker attributes AI’s limited economic impact so far to its gradual increase in ELO relative to human performance.
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“So far, AI capabilities have not been that big of a deal in terms of their end economic impact in the world,”
“but that is because they're slowly rising in ELO relative to humans.”Play from 6:30Report a misattribution
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