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We come and go, like ripples in a stream
muizz
@ayokanme
We come and go, like ripples in a stream
llms are trained on internet-scale datasets, but their effects are not like the internet.
calculators — or tables that can be calculated on (llm + rag) — are better analogs.
the rise of spreadsheet applications allowed professionals to migrate their tables to spreadsheets. eventually, they put even fancier wrappers around their spreadsheets in vertical applications.
Technological change is only possible with societal (behavioral) change
To use databases, you need to be able to think about your data in a structured way. The people who could do that gained most of the leverage from using databases. The folks who made it easy for people to transition to databases (ERPs and Co) captured the rest.
AI systems are fundamentally scalable decision making engines. And data is the oil required to power it. If you want to properly leverage AI, you need to make sure you're fueling it with the best refined data.
Otherwise, you're no different than the drunk trying to reliably operate complex machinery. The only repeatable part of that is injury.

Craft and Cognitive Revolutions
The medium truly is the message
Practice makes [you] perfect…
Cognitive Revolutions and Obviously
You cannot outsource your thinking to machines you don't understand
You cannot navigate an increasingly complex world without thinking about things that aren't designed for your understanding
Damned if you do… and if you don't
There is no alternative