AI things

Curiosity ==> Knowledge ==> Curation ==> Judgment

Curiosity creates the inquiry.

Knowledge populates the options.

Curation filters the right ones through.

Judgment makes the final call.

When knowledge becomes abundant, value migrates to the functions that exist upstream and downstream from it: framing the inquiry and acting on the output.

In this new

That level of self-awareness may be masked by AI, leading the prompter to believe they're an expert when they're actually less than novice.
Our job as leaders? Question everything, set guidelines, and give context on why understanding and expertise still matters.

try connecting it to the growth mindset - is it a threat to it?

But if you don’t have a home for the references, quotes, notes, and highlights that moved you—what are you giving AI to work with?

All that is to say: A curated personal knowledge base has never mattered more. Not just to remember what inspires you, but to teach AI to see through your eyes.

Until now, skills have been a major differentiator for humanity. However, in the age of AI, taste will become more important than skills as much of skill-based work and productivity is offloaded to compute. Taste seems more scarce these days, and increasingly differentiating in the age of AI. This assertion makes me think about the development of... See more

Scott Belsky • The Era of Abstraction & New Creative Tensions

One “must” for this week

The skills we think make us irreplaceable might not be the ones that actually do.

In a candid interview, AI researcher Karina Nguyen reveals that while artificial intelligence is mastering traditionally valued 'hard skills' like analysis and writing, it's struggling with human abilities we often take for granted.

Her insight... See more

The game has shifted, and the winning strategy with it. It’s no longer about understanding specialized details; it’s about grasping the high-level global picture. It’s less about knowing how to patch a system and more about knowing that it needs to be patched. It’s more about architecture, and less about implementation. Precisely where generalists... See more

Pirate Wires • Agency Is Eating the World

Skills you need in the age of AI: You’ll need critical thinking skills and emotional intelligence. Some technical skills e.g. understand the AI capabilities, some data literacy, cyber threats etc.

But mostly, you’ll need truly human soft skills:
- ability to make complex decisions
- ability to have creative problem solving
All skills that will enable