The data black hole at the center of AI

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Thanks to Mercury for sponsoring this essay!

Mercury just released a new feature called Command, which gives me AI right in my banking platform. And since I use Mercury to run basically my entire business, Command has access to all the info it needs to get real work done. I can ask it to send invoices, or categorize expenses, or even transfer money… and Command just handles it. Learn more at mercury.com/command

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – What is really driving AI progress?

(00:03:11) – Comparing human vs AI sample efficiency

(00:08:46) – Does sample efficiency matter?