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The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in August 2025
A new era of streaming selections is here. For the past several years, our monthly column, the Nerd's Watch, has been the place to find out all the best genre titles coming to the biggest streaming services. It wasn't a complete list. We just posted the titles we think you'd care about, but it was still long, and frankly, it was hard to pick out the best of the best. Months before the new remake with Jack Black and Paul Rudd, revisit the iconic camp classic with Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez. It wasn't meant to be a camp classic, but it is now. Groundhog Day is one of those movies that just gets better and better the more you watch it. It's so expertly put together, so funny, so heartfelt. Just a true modern classic. We're onto our third Jurassic Park trilogy, but the original—Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and the underrated Jurassic Park III—are all reemerging on Netflix this month. Just in time for its 40th anniversary, the John Hughes comedy about two nerds who create a woman in a computer is popping up on two streamers. It's incredibly dated but also, thanks to John Hughes, still pretty delightful. Call them the Paul Walker years. The first seven Fast and Furious movies are all coming to Netflix (as well as Hobbs and Shaw), and you can make an argument that it was the passing of Walker, during Furious 7, that derailed the whole thing. Hopefully things get back up to speed in the future, but at least we'll always have these movies (and Hobbs and Shaw, unfortunately). The star-studded adaptation of the iconic Douglas Adams novel is nowhere near as good as the source material, but is anything? That the movie shared even a sliver of the genius and fun of the novel makes this one worth watching. Remember when Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloë Grace Moretz co-starred in one of the best superhero movies ever, alongside Nicolas Cage, and directed by Matthew Vaughn? Well, if not, now is the time to watch it again. J.J. Abrams writes and directs this Amblin-inspired tale of a group of kids who film a train crash, only to realize it's at the center of mysterious happenings around town. I've been meaning to revisit this one. One of the weirdest movies you'll see this year is this Stephen King adaptation, produced by James Wan and directed by Osgood Perkins. It's about a family tied in with a toy monkey that kills people seemingly at random. It's super violent and super funny. I'm writing this one more for myself than anyone else. Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard co-directed this camp-based slasher movie that looks like a lot of fun. I missed it in theaters but definitely will check it out on streaming. Please refer to the above video. From Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the directors of Captain Marvel, comes this 'freaky' retro anthology starring Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Dominique Thorne, and other actors who aren't in Marvel movies. You may have missed it, but earlier this year, A24 released this very unique and gorgeous film about a seemingly regular rural town that's thrown into peril because of a group of nearby creatures. Creatures that one of the young women in the town becomes friends with. Willem Dafoe is among the stars. It'll be about a year until we next see James Gunn's DC Universe on the big screen, but before then, it'll be very active on HBO Max. First up, season two of the irreverent Peacemaker starring John Cena. It ties directly into the events of Superman and pushes the whole narrative forward. Have you ever wanted to know more about Wakanda in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Well, this new animated series is just the ticket. I feel like I'm in Edge of Tomorrow with how I always repeat myself, but here it goes again. Every time Edge of Tomorrow, the Tom Cruise-Emily Blunt time loop sci-fi action film, appears on a streamer, I will let you know. If you stream it, we will watch. 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Federal Reserve economists aren't sold that AI will actually make workers more productive, saying it could be a one-off invention like the light bulb
A new Federal Reserve Board staff paper concludes that generative artificial intelligence (genAI) holds significant promise for boosting U.S. productivity, but cautions that its widespread economic impact will depend on how quickly and thoroughly firms integrate the technology. Titled 'Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope?' the paper, authored by Martin Neil Baily, David M. Byrne, Aidan T. Kane, and Paul E. Soto, explores whether genAI represents a fleeting innovation or a groundbreaking force akin to past general-purpose technologies (GPTs) such as electricity and the internet. The Fed economists ultimately conclude their 'modal forecast is for a noteworthy contribution of genAI to the level of labor productivity,' but caution they see a wide range of plausible outcomes, both in terms of its total contribution to making workers more productive and how quickly that could happen. To return to the light-bulb metaphor, they write that 'some inventions, such as the light bulb, temporarily raise productivity growth as adoption spreads, but the effect fades when the market is saturated; that is, the level of output per hour is permanently higher but the growth rate is not.' Here's why they regard it as an open question whether genAI may end up being a fancy tech version of the light bulb. GenAI: a tool and a catalyst According to the authors, genAI combines traits of GPTs—those that trigger cascades of innovation across sectors and continue improving over time—with features of 'inventions of methods of invention' (IMIs), which make research and development (R&D) more efficient. The authors do see potential for genAI to be a GPT like the electric dynamo, which continually sparked new business models and efficiencies, or an IMI like the compound microscope, which revolutionized scientific discovery. The Fed economists did cautioning that it is early in the technology's development, writing 'the case that generative AI is a general-purpose technology is compelling, supported by the impressive record of knock-on innovation and ongoing core innovation.' Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022, the authors said genAI has demonstrated remarkable capabilities, from matching human performance on complex tasks to transforming frontline work in writing, coding, and customer service. That said, the authors said they're finding scant evidence about how many companies are actually using the technology. Limited but growing adoption Despite such promise, the paper stresses that most gains are so far concentrated in large corporations and digital-native industries. Surveys indicate high genAI adoption among big firms and technology-centric sectors, while small businesses and other functions lag behind. Data from job postings shows only modest growth in demand for explicit AI skills since 2017. 'The main hurdle is diffusion,' the authors write, referring to the process by which a new technology is integrated into widespread use. They note that typical productivity booms from GPTs like computers and electricity took decades to unfold as businesses restructured, invested, and developed complementary innovations. 'The share of jobs requiring AI skills is low and has moved up only modestly, suggesting that firms are taking a cautious approach,' they write. 'The ultimate test of whether genAI is a GPT will be theprofitability of genAI use at scale in a business environment and such stories are hard to come by at present.' They know that many individuals are using the technology, 'perhaps unbeknownst to their employers,' and they speculate that future use of the technology may become so routine and 'unremarkable' that companies and workers no longer know how much it's being used. Knock-on and complementary technologies The report details how genAI is already driving a wave of product and process innovation. In healthcare, AI-powered tools draft medical notes and assist with radiology. Finance firms use genAI for compliance, underwriting, and portfolio management. The energy sector uses it to optimize grid operations, and information technology is seeing multiples uses, with programmers using GitHub Copilot completing tasks 56% faster. Call center operators using conversational AI saw a 14% productivity boost as well. Meanwhile, ongoing advances in hardware, notably rapid improvements in the chips known as graphics processing units, or GPUs, suggest genAI's underlying engine is still accelerating. Patent filings related to AI technologies have surged since 2018, coinciding with the rise of the Transformer architecture—a backbone of today's large language models. 'Green shoots' in research and development The paper also finds genAI increasingly acting as an IMI, enhancing observation, analysis, communication, and organization in scientific research. Scientists now use genAI to analyze data, draft research papers, and even automate parts of the discovery process, though questions remain about the quality and originality of AI-generated output. The authors highlight growing references to AI in R&D initiatives, both in patent data and corporate earnings calls, as further evidence that genAI is gaining a foothold in the innovation ecosystem. Cautious optimism—and open questions While the prospects for a genAI-driven productivity surge are promising, the authors warn against expecting overnight transformation. The process will require significant complementary investments, organizational change, and reliable access to computational and electric power infrastructure. They also emphasize the risks of investing blindly in speculative trends—a lesson from past tech booms. 'GenAI's contribution to productivity growth will depend on the speed with which that level is attained, and historically, the process for integrating revolutionary technologies into the economy is a protracted one,' the report concludes. Despite these uncertainties, the authors believe genAI's dual role—as a transformative platform and as a method for accelerating invention—bodes well for long-term economic growth if barriers to widespread adoption can be overcome. Still, what if it's just another light bulb? For this story, Fortune used generative AI to help with an initial draft. An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing. This story was originally featured on Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
