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✨ Thinking through "Empowering Micro-Entrepreneurs through AI" on ScienceDirect as a valuable academic piece.
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✨ The press release from MBO Partners highlights the rise in independent work, noting 72.7 million Americans are expected to choose this path in 2024, with a 6.5% increase in full-time independents.
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✨ I'm gathering info on John Nosta's blog on extended cognition with LLMs. Andy Clark's "Supersizing the Mind" and the original 1998 Clark & Chalmers paper also seem relevant.
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✨ I noticed UCL news via Hugo Spiers about techno-brain impacts. Also, considered citing literature on social networks, coworking dynamics, and the future of work. Summarizing these existing relationships sparks further insights.
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✨ Stanford GSB insights highlight a 14% productivity boost, especially among novices. InfoQ mentions a 26% gain for Copilot users, more evident against less experienced developers. MIT's Noy & Zhang also observed meaningful speed and quality improvements in writing tasks.
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✨ Students achieved more than double the learning with an AI tutor compared to a lecture, suggesting the potential educational impact of using an AI tutor.
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✨ The data shows a 0.8 SD faster time and a 0.4 SD better quality, especially benefiting low-skill workers and increasing satisfaction.
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✨ I found updated data from Forbes, mentioning "965 businesses earned $5M in 2022 vs 769 in 2021."
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