Marginal REVOLUTION

Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

2026-02-20 · 00:00 UTC ·Tyler Cowen ·0 min read

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Marginal Revolution's Friday assorted links (Tyler Cowen, 20 Feb 2026) collects items on labor, culture, and data: a Feb 2026 arXiv paper (2602.00139) showing firms replacing freelancers with AI; a Rest of World piece on India using AI deepfakes to recreate deceased loved ones; an Astral Codex Ten essay arguing general disorder hasn't increased; and UMD research (Brantley Hall) on smart underwear that measures human flatulence.

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title: Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
author: Tyler Cowen
contenttype: article
publication: Marginal REVOLUTION
published: 2026-02-20T00:00:00
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Friday assorted links

  1. Firms are replacing freelancers with AI.

  2. General disorder does not seem to be increasing.

3. Fei-Fei Li.

  1. India does deepfakes of the dead. It is an interesting question which cultures want this most.

  2. Post-patent, future markets in everything? Data, at the very least.