Becoming unLLMable
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Becoming unLLMable
We are already stepping into the world imagined by Sam Altman.
But what is his vision of a meaningful life?
What does he believe leads to human flourishing?
But forget about Sam Altman—what do you believe will lead to human flourishing?
But what is his vision of a meaningful life?
What does he believe leads to human flourishing?
But forget about Sam Altman—what do you believe will lead to human flourishing?
Becoming unLLMable
Why we can’t let capitalist oligarchs rule us and create tech that rules society.
You can see this mindset has infected everything:
- We join Twitter for the love of conversation—come out obsessed with likes.
- We pursue research for discovery—then get trapped chasing citation counts.
- We try to hire and retain the best teachers, so we measure test performance, and then teachers teach the test.
- We want to reward quality media. So we
Becoming unLLMable
Goodhart’s Law: when the target becomes the measure, it ceases to be a good measure.
If you have a laptop and a point of view, you can become dangerous in days.
Becoming unLLMable
This has been true in age in internet/influence. Work/grit/consistency STILL matters.
They knew what was worth doing, when, and how to frame it so it mattered.
Becoming unLLMable
expertise + luck/intuition + marketing
does this work carry the unmistakable fingerprint of human creativity, perspective, and lived experience.
Becoming unLLMable
Technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
We respond to technology.
We respond to technology.
Becoming unLLMable
We should be able to learn to capitalistic patterns new tech has rushed in and change how we respond this time
I expected AI to reduce my workload and free up time – the dream of robots doing our jobs while we chill on hammocks all day.
Instead, I was caught in a paradox: the amount of things that are now possible and exciting and worth exploring because of AI greatly exceeds the amount of time I save using AI.
Instead, I was caught in a paradox: the amount of things that are now possible and exciting and worth exploring because of AI greatly exceeds the amount of time I save using AI.
Becoming unLLMable
Writing with a human editor: You’re collaborative.
Writing with CI: You’re resourceful and leveraging the best of human knowledge. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that if you weren’t using using CI, you might even be judged. That would be like having Gabriel García Márquez and Virginia Woolf in the room offering you feedback... and asking them to... See more
Writing with CI: You’re resourceful and leveraging the best of human knowledge. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that if you weren’t using using CI, you might even be judged. That would be like having Gabriel García Márquez and Virginia Woolf in the room offering you feedback... and asking them to... See more
Becoming unLLMable
“Emphasize the collectivity over the artificiality”
We often think of language as a means to an end, but rarely think about how language itself influences our thinking.