On AI
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”
Artificial intelligence chatbots have achieved unprecedented adoption, with millions now using these systems for emotional support and companionship in contexts of widespread social isolation and capacity-constrained mental health services. While some users report psychological benefits, concerning edge cases are emerging, including reports of... See more
Technological folie à deux: Feedback Loops Between AI Chatbots and Mental Illness
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 moreThe ultimate differentiator will be the creator’s perspective, taste, and judgment.
AI Design Studio
"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- edsger dijkstra
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?”
In one of those interviews, this guy David says that the promise of things like technology and AI is to give us more time to do the things that we want to do. But the problem is, it hasn't ended up that way. What that promise has done, is killed is this idea of ceremony that we need so deeply. That's why people go to church, it's why people have... See more
Naomi Shefali Joshi • The Quality Makers: Richard Christiansen of Flamingo Estate (2024) | The Quality Edit
In a world where we are drunk on innovation, and we're always chasing the new thing, the fast thing, the algorithm and the AI of it all, we’ve forgotten the most incredible of things – the old things, the timeline of things, and the sacred ways of creating that are not innovative.
Naomi Shefali Joshi • The Quality Makers: Richard Christiansen of Flamingo Estate (2024) | The Quality Edit
In this new world, creation is cheap, craft is automatable, and everyone is a beginner.
AI Design Studio
‘everyone is a beginner’—something interesting about this