the impact of AI
from the great truncation
The omnipresent do-anything button of AI is certainly tempting. And companies including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft are encouraging such behavior while hoping to prove out their investment in AI tools.
If you use AI to write me that note, don’t expect me to read it
What is so insulting to me about those AI-written messages is that they take less time and consideration to produce than they do to consume. You are, by the nature of sharing these automated words, signaling to me that you care less about my time and attention than you do your own. Of course you’re free to believe that as much as you like—in your o... See more
If you use AI to write me that note, don’t expect me to read it
I used to fear that AI would trap each of us into our own universe. Now I’m imagining a future that’s far more mundane. It’s one where I use AI to write you a thing. Then you have your AI summarize it. Then you have your AI write back. And then my AI summarizes it. Why wasn’t it all just summarized in the first place? Does anyone need to have a ful... See more
If you use AI to write me that note, don’t expect me to read it
the future (extra) mundane…
Embrace these powerful tools by all means, but do so with intention and clarity. Augment, but don't offload. Because efficiency without engagement isn't progress – it's a fast track to professional atrophy.
Paul Venuto • feed updates
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youtube.comlink to data sovereignty?
The use of LLMs to turn 100 pages into 50 pages will allow people to read faster. The use of 3x speed on podcasts will allow us to consume more. Smart Glasses, like Meta’s Orion, or headsets like Apple VisionPro — while years away from becoming mainstream technology — will allow us to watch more movies, play more games, and complete more goals. The... See more
Julia Alexander • Here's What the Fight for Your Attention Really Looks Like
The rise of Grid Zero has prompted Meta to turn its focus to DMs, and one of their new features is an AI assistant to “help” send messages. It’s a horrifying concept to me. The app already mediates our existence, reducing it to branding, professionalism, activism or some combination of those three. One of the few pleasures left are the semi-private... See more
J Wortham • From the Outside, You Look Great
Great software products aren’t simply a collection of buttons, icons, and menus. They shape how we think and who we aspire to be.
The problem isn’t that machines are becoming more human-like, it’s that humans are becoming more machine-like in an effort to keep up.
There are no shortcuts to hard-won insight.
No one does this in a snap.
But it’s hard to ... See more
The problem isn’t that machines are becoming more human-like, it’s that humans are becoming more machine-like in an effort to keep up.
There are no shortcuts to hard-won insight.
No one does this in a snap.
But it’s hard to ... See more