The Goldilocks Zone for AI Usefulness

Is A.I. gonna boom, bust or just become Excel? And how screwed are we either way? Plus: Peyton Manning, Lamar Jackson, Geraldo Rivera's vault, a young Tim Pawlenty, vibe-coding NFL scouts... and Filipino Jell-O. 

Further content:

• "A.I. as Normal Technology" (Columbia University)

https://knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-as-normal-technology

• "The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis" (Citrini Research)

https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

• "Nobody Knows Anything" (Derek Thompson)

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/nobody-knows-anything

• "This Is How the A.I. Bubble Will Pop" (Derek Thompson)

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/this-is-how-the-ai-bubble-will-pop

• "Fear of A.I. Eliminating Jobs Makes Its Way to Football (Mike Florio)

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/fear-of-ai-eliminating-jobs-makes-its-way-to-football

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