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Perhaps the link should be changed to https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/gs-research/gen-ai-too-much-spend-too-little-benefit/report.pdf https://ww

Perhaps the link should be changed to https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/gs-research/gen-ai-too-much-spend-too-little-benefit/report.pdf https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/gs-research/...

simonw 2y ago
Do the people who produce this kind of document not have mobile phones? Reading a two column PDF on even a high end iPhone is not a pleasant experience. (And no, I'm not going to break out a laptop to read something like this.)
- prng2021 2y ago
  You're not the intended audience. You can read the cliff notes on Engadget later.
- muglug 2y ago
  Maybe they think it’ll get printed out for CEOs to read? Love your blog!
- infecto 2y ago
  1) You are not the intended audience. 2) Much like a research paper, reports like this benefit from the standard page size. You will fit relevant information on the same page for the benefit of the narrative/reader. This is one of those areas where I believe its hard to make it work on a mobile device. 3) This is just the standard for reports.
  - simonw 2y ago
    I think it's a bad standard.
    - infecto 2y ago
      The rest of the industry disagrees with you. PDF is the standard for reports, it is not meant to be a web format. You could definitely do something like arxiv where you could make an HTML version but again the standard is a PDF so it can be a challenge to get graphics/charts have the same meaning and scope of view when the format of a page has changed.
      - simonw 2y ago
        I wonder if industry standards will change as more people spend more time working on their phones. I reckon a new generation moving into influential decision-making roles will probably sort this out over the next decade.
        infecto 2y ago
        Doubtful as the industries that consume these types of reports are not doing work on their phones. The "new generation" are the ones using tablets and laptops to consume reports instead of printing it out. Similar to a powerpoint presentation, pdf reports are not going anywhere.
        veqq 2y ago
        You can't do productive work (or game) a phone. It's an inherently inferior medium. There's both too little real estate to present information and too few control inputs to manipulate it.
- balls187 2y ago
  There is something poetic about using GPT to summarize that pdf so you can digest it using a small screen.
FinnKuhn 2y ago
I decided to not use this link directly to the .pdf as on my iPhone this appears to take you to the top of the .pdf and not the specific article.

simonw 2y ago

Do the people who produce this kind of document not have mobile phones? Reading a two column PDF on even a high end iPhone is not a pleasant experience. (And no, I'm not going to break out a laptop to read something like this.)

prng2021 2y ago
You're not the intended audience. You can read the cliff notes on Engadget later.
muglug 2y ago
Maybe they think it’ll get printed out for CEOs to read? Love your blog!
infecto 2y ago
1) You are not the intended audience. 2) Much like a research paper, reports like this benefit from the standard page size. You will fit relevant information on the same page for the benefit of the narrative/reader. This is one of those areas where I believe its hard to make it work on a mobile device. 3) This is just the standard for reports.
- simonw 2y ago
  I think it's a bad standard.
  - infecto 2y ago
    The rest of the industry disagrees with you. PDF is the standard for reports, it is not meant to be a web format. You could definitely do something like arxiv where you could make an HTML version but again the standard is a PDF so it can be a challenge to get graphics/charts have the same meaning and scope of view when the format of a page has changed.
    - simonw 2y ago
      I wonder if industry standards will change as more people spend more time working on their phones. I reckon a new generation moving into influential decision-making roles will probably sort this out over the next decade.
      - infecto 2y ago
        Doubtful as the industries that consume these types of reports are not doing work on their phones. The "new generation" are the ones using tablets and laptops to consume reports instead of printing it out. Similar to a powerpoint presentation, pdf reports are not going anywhere.
        veqq 2y ago
        You can't do productive work (or game) a phone. It's an inherently inferior medium. There's both too little real estate to present information and too few control inputs to manipulate it.
balls187 2y ago
There is something poetic about using GPT to summarize that pdf so you can digest it using a small screen.

FinnKuhn 2y ago

I decided to not use this link directly to the .pdf as on my iPhone this appears to take you to the top of the .pdf and not the specific article.