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“It’s two or three times harder than pure translation work, and they have the barefaced cheek to pay you half as much.” - fascinating on how AI has changed translators' work @sarahoconnorft.ft.com and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com:
This chart is bonkers.
I think there's two possible explanations for why the UK runs so far ahead of other European countries – neither of them good. And the annual April price jump speaks to a wider issue. For more detail, see my column in this weekend's Observer.
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HAPPY BOOK PUBLICATION DAY TO ME AND @chadpbown.com
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At our event @jburnmurdoch.ft.com says an increasing share of young people in Britain are completely detached from the labour market. They'll need tailored, individual support otherwise they won't catch any tailwind in the labour market that has traditionally reduced youth unemployment / NEET rates.
Making sure the benefit system is properly supporting young people who are dealing with ill-health is not about people "faking it", says @jburnmurdoch.ft.com 👇
Very interesting @jburnmurdoch.ft.com piece this morning - how much value AI is creating is exactly the right question.
The evidence from coders here suggests it’s so far creating a lot of extra output - 290% more files, 30% more software releases - but no extra valuable outputs (app downloads)
Woop!
Science nerds of BSKY:
Next week I’m interviewing Prof. Sir John Bell about recent medical breakthroughs, touching on
- Gene therapies & cancer vaccines
- Tech in healthcare more broadly
- Ethics & regulation
This includes a Q&A where I can field your questions. If you have any please post below 🙏
Some genuinely mindblowing stuff in there, including:
• Revolutions in disease prevention that mean lives are now getting dramatically healthier not just longer (big contrast with preceding decades)
• The prospect that we may have effectively cured cancer within the next decade
