Saturday assorted links
2. Writing for the AI is paying off.
3. You’ve quoted Gerhard Richter as saying that a good picture “takes away our certainty,” and suggested (Philip Guston) that doing so enables us to “begin to see the push and pull of impulse, recanting, and reconfiguration that constitute painting and, by extension, life itself.” From Prudence Crowther.
4. Details on DOGE history (NYT).
5. Anthropic wants someone to write on the economic effects of AI.
6. “Access to legal status reduces the probability of immigrants intermarrying with natives by 40% and increases the hazard rate of separation for intermarriages by 20%.” USA data — incentives matter!