Humans In The Loop
What it means to be human in an AI-built world
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Humans In The Loop
We’re not just bits of intelligence bouncing through the world. We have complicated emotions, and nuanced and unspoken social hierarchies. We act irrationally and pursue goals that may not be in our best interests. We don’t exist within the clean confines of an operating system or a laboratory—we act and react in a highly variable world. Creating a... See more
Alice Albrecht • The Case for Cyborgs
Model managers of tomorrow will need to learn the same things. They’ll need to know which AI models to use for which tasks. They’ll need to be able to quickly evaluate new models that they’ve never used before to determine if they’re good enough. They’ll need to know how to break up complex tasks between different models suited to each piece of... See more
Dan Shipper • The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the Allocation Economy
Emotional labor is the opposite of the industrial economy’s task-based, measured output. Even if we don’t dig ditches, the offer for a certain kind of work was: Process this pile of papers and we don’t care whether you like (or pretend to like) your job. The labor is the easily measured stuff.
But AI and mechanization have turned this sort of task... See more
But AI and mechanization have turned this sort of task... See more
Emotional labor and its consequences
The parts between
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Human beings care about harmonies. About originality. About the tension that comes from the new. And we care about the dynamics between and among people who are working together.
That’s why we listen to the whole song, not one musician’s isolation track.
as humans, we tend to do whatever it takes and to use any justification to keep busy, even if the task is meaningless. In the words of the scientists behind the study: “Our research suggests that many purported goals that people pursue may be merely justifications to keep themselves busy.”
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The Illusion of Productivity: Why We Are Addicted to Busyness
The first step is to understand the fundamental difference between humans and AIs. We are analog, chemical beings, with emotions and feelings. Compared with machines, we think slowly—and we act too fast, failing to consider the long-term consequences of our behavior (which AI can help predict). So we should not compete with AI; we should use it. At... See more
Esther Dyson • Don’t Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids
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
While frameworks can offer valuable perspectives and guide decision-making, rigid adherence to them can lead to tunnel vision and unhelpful outcomes. Successful decision-making often requires a blend of framework-guided analysis and intuitive judgment, where the needs of both the business and the customer are carefully considered.
Lenny Rachitsky • Twitter’s former Head of Product opens up: being fired, meeting Elon, changing stagnant culture, building consumer product, more | Kayvon Beykpour
#6 — Automated Delegation
In order to delegate something today you need to describe the project, or your goals, to your assistants. There are different ways to do this:
But what if AI could automatically identify tasks that were able to be delegated to your... See more
In order to delegate something today you need to describe the project, or your goals, to your assistants. There are different ways to do this:
- Text/typing → Slowest
- Voice → Fastest/easiest
- Loom videos → Adds the most context
But what if AI could automatically identify tasks that were able to be delegated to your... See more
Michael Houck • World Class Delegation (from a Unicorn Founder)
Jonathan Swanson of Athena on delegation