What Noah Smith thinks about humility
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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Noah Smith has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsWe still have no idea how competitive the AI model-making industry will be.
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Their wordswe really have no idea how competitive the AI modeling industry is
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Their wordsUnless and until AI gets smart enough to study human society from a bird’s-eye view, I think we should be humble about how much we expect development economists to be able to contribute to developing countries’ growth policies in real time.
↗Could development economics be more useful?noahpinion.blog 3rd of 5 in this piece