Peter Swanson
@borborygmus
Peter Swanson
The robot was quite good at copying my style, but much less good at writing anything meaningful. It could predict which words I would be most likely to use but it couldn’t make an original argument for me. Using the robot made me think a lot about the nature of writing and what goes in to its peculiar form of labor. AI tools fundamentally promise t... See more
Kyle Chayka • My writing robot
I think we're about to enter a period of 1-2 years, with a 'cringe gap' around AI.
Most generated content will look the same. The same styles. The same prompts. But a small group of creators will figure out their own unique format, and scale it to infinity. Taste and vision have never been more valuable.
Most generated content will look the same. The same styles. The same prompts. But a small group of creators will figure out their own unique format, and scale it to infinity. Taste and vision have never been more valuable.
“You can’t talk butterfly language with caterpillar people.”
Trish Deseine
“The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner.”
Naval
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Any damn fool can make it complex. It takes a genius to make it simple
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Our bias is to always add more. More rules, more procedures, more code, more features, more stuff. Interdependencies proliferate, and gradually strangle us. Systems want to grow and grow, but without pruning, they collapse. Slowly, then spectacularly.
When a piece of trash drifts across the beach, it is our duty to pick it up so the next person can ... See more
When a piece of trash drifts across the beach, it is our duty to pick it up so the next person can ... See more