Creative human beings in a post AI world

I once told my wife I was going out to buy an envelope:

“Oh,” she said, “well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?” And so, I pretended not to hear her. And went out to get an envelope because I have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope.

I meet a lot... See more

Two useful AI tactics

Create a document, several pages long, that explains who you are. What sort of learner are you? Do you have degrees or expertise? What sort of change are you making, who works with you, what are your standards? How do you want to engage?

Periodically, upload the doc to the chat you’re having with an LLM. Let it know you’re... See more

The AI Branding Wars Have Begun

AI models are getting better — all of them. The gap between the top and 10th-best has been cut in half in a year, and the top two models are basically tied. 

Large language models are increasingly, and similarly competent because they are trained on largely the same datasets — the Common Crawl, a massive archive of... See more

Nothing is permanent. Some things are just renewed faster than they decay.

We want the naturally perfect relationship, but the ones that endure are renewed each morning.

Here's the paradox: fragility plus daily care outlasts strength plus neglect. The cast-iron pan seasoned daily outlives the new nonstick. The handwritten menu, which changes daily,... See more