On AI
My product won’t write sentences for you. The slow process of writing is what clarifies thought, shapes identity, and cultivates a lens to the world. Writing is the whole point; it isn’t a chore to optimize, it’s an infinite game.
Michael Dean • Mega-Update
From Ezra Klein:
AI might be able to churn out content faster than we can, but we still need a human mind to sift through and figure out what’s good. In other words, A.I. is going to turn more of us into editors. But editing is a peculiar skill. It’s hard to test for, or teach, or even describe. But it’s the crucial step in the creative process that
... See moreMaking work easier. This is the problem. So obsessed with getting to the answer, completing the project, producing a result which are all valid things, but not where the richness of the human experience lies.
Jerry Seinfeld's Speech At Duke's 2024 Commencement (Transcript)
OpenBrain scientist at “research taste” (deciding what to study next, what experiments to run, or having inklings of potential new paradigms).45
ai-2027.com • Mid 2025: Stumbling Agents
‘Taste’ as a later horizon
We're trying to do things the slow way, the way that sucks up time
Naomi Shefali Joshi • The Quality Makers: Richard Christiansen of Flamingo Estate (2024) | The Quality Edit
“the way that sucks up time”
The ultimate differentiator will be the creator’s perspective, taste, and judgment.
AI Design Studio
The mainstream narrative around AI has changed from “maybe the hype will blow over” to “guess this is the next big thing,” but people disagree about how big. Bigger than social media? Bigger than smartphones? Bigger than fire?
ai-2027.com • Mid 2025: Stumbling Agents
“Bigger than fire?”
TextFX
textfx.withgoogle.com
"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- edsger dijkstra