Humans In The Loop
What it means to be human in an AI-built world
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Humans In The Loop
Regardless, what becomes important is the ability for *any* media to find the humans to enjoy it. And so, there’s likely a future inflection point where having more humans on your project is actually beneficial because it means you start off with a higher likelihood of it being shared. If the extreme becomes that we may be able look at anything for... See more
Simon de la Rouviere • The Human Medium is the Human Message
Part of the problem with the Lean Startup mindset is that it sees life and work as an optimization problem. The point is to help people live a good life, not just an efficient life. The goal is human flourishing, not convenience. The goal is a good future, not just a technically advanced future.
Things I'm thinking about
With more remote and hybrid work, I think we probably have to be more thoughtful about creating connections — to new people and new ideas. I don’t think it means we can’t do it, but perhaps we can’t rely on water-cooler or photocopier serendipity to the extent we might have in the past.
Perhaps we can use tactics like the “Monday Notes” NASA... See more
Perhaps we can use tactics like the “Monday Notes” NASA... See more
David Epstein • "Communication Really Happens in the Carpool..."
We live in a knowledge economy. What you know—and your ability to bring it to bear in any given circumstance—is what creates economic value for you. This was primarily driven by the advent of personal computers and the internet, starting in the 1970s and accelerating through today.
But what happens when that very skill—knowing and utilizing the... See more
But what happens when that very skill—knowing and utilizing the... See more
Dan Shipper • The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the Allocation Economy
Dan Shipper on the transition from the Knowledge Economy to the Allocation Economy
Inside Elon Musk's Struggle for the Future of AI
time.com
From Elon: “With AI coming, I’m sort of wondering whether it’s worth spending that much time thinking about Twitter.”
this story, we hear about an argument between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Google co-founder Larry Page over the future of AI. Human consciousness, Musk said, was a precious flicker of light in the universe, and we should not let it be extinguished. Page considered that sentimental nonsense. If consciousness could be replicated in a machine, why would that not be just as valuable? He accused Musk of being a “specist,” someone who was biased in favor of their own species. “Well, yes, I am pro-human,” Musk responded. “I f-cking like humanity, dude.”
Reasoning by analogy, or copying what others are doing, is sort of like being a cover band where you’re playing somebody else’s music. Whereas with first-principles thinking, you go back to the fundamental raw materials of music, which are the notes, and then you build an original song from scratch. That is first-principles thinking.
Lenny Rachitsky • First-Principles Thinking
“Energy management beats time management.”
― Katherine Morgan Schafler