Yeah, it was my essay on deleting my second brain and moving away from knowledge management systems. It hit a nerve for people because a lot of folks feel like they’re failures just because they don’t have a perfect second brain knowledge management graph. That’s an awful way to feel about yourself—to feel like you’re getting your life wrong... See more

I think part of it is a deep existential fear of being replaced. For creatives—writers, designers, music producers—who have spent the last 30 years having their work devalued by a lot of folks in tech, this makes a lot of sense. People aren’t afraid of being replaced in a vacuum. They’re afraid of being replaced because a lot of folks in tech have... See more

As a whole, yes, it can produce things that will rival Katy Perry’s greatest hits. It can produce books that will rival James Patterson’s greatest novels. But I don’t think it will ever produce something like Merzbow, Japanese noise music made from the sounds of seals and distorted drill bits. It won’t make that because it’s not what most people... See more

Whatever we do with our work, the things we create with each other, we have to make sure we keep as much of our humanity in the loop as possible. Because if we don’t, I’m not sure what the point of any of this actually is.

It won’t do these things that are so weirdly, stupidly human. That means the opportunity is for humans to do human things.

AI tends to just tell you what it thinks you want to hear. If you get a bunch of feedback on a draft and then you just reply to the feedback and say, “That feedback is wrong,” the AI will say, “You’re absolutely right. Here’s the opposite of that feedback.” You can’t trust it to give you a proper review because it can’t believe the things it’s... See more