alex
@alexwastaken
curious librarian
alex
We got these phone booths (a K6 from the 1930s, and a KX100 from the 1990s) for the @stripe lobby, as a reminder that there are always two paths in everything we make: something that elevates and makes you smile, or, well, whatever the thing on the right is. https://t.co/OREBUJElp6
I admit that the title of this essay is a bit misleading (made you click though, didn’t it?). This isn’t really a case against conversational interfaces, it’s a case against zero-sum thinking.
We spend too much time thinking about AI as a substitute (for interfaces, workflows, and jobs) and too little time about AI as a complement. Progress rarely... See more
We spend too much time thinking about AI as a substitute (for interfaces, workflows, and jobs) and too little time about AI as a complement. Progress rarely... See more
Julian • The Case Against Conversational Interfaces
ditch the process from Jenny Wen who designed Figjam
Jacob Collier & Chris Martin - Fix You (Live from the O2 Arena)
youtube.com“And if there is a fundamental difference between the way people perceived the world around them in the past and the way they perceive it at present, then it is perhaps best identified as follows: in the past, activism was coupled with optimism, while today activism requires pessimism.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
There’s something almost comically grim about powering something as futuristic as A.I. off something as archaic as coal or untreated methane gas. That, however, is a political choice we are making as a country. It’s not intrinsic to A.I. as a technology.
Opinion | How ChatGPT Surprised Me
hyper honest.
buildspace.so
an honest letter/announcement to investors/community