4: society, culture, + impact
So let’s run this exercise again, except this time imagine OpenAI had been called OpenCI—Open Collective Intelligence.
Writing with a human editor: You’re collaborative.
Writing with CI: You’re resourceful and leveraging the best of human knowledge. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that if you weren’t using using CI, you might even be judged. That wo
... See moreModern art = You could do that + Yeah, but you didn’t
Who had done this? A few days later, the neighborhood police said that some of the Palestinian clans who had squatted in our building had apparently gotten into a fight over one of the apartments. Each family was associated with a different PLO faction, the police claimed. The clan that lost, they said, went to their PLO group and got someone to br
... See moreThomas L. Friedman • From Beirut to Jerusalem
Things will appear simple or easily replicable on the surface.
You’ll hear people say:
“Anyone could’ve made that with ChatGPT.”
But the more and better access everyone has to tools, the clearer it becomes that the final bottleneck to great work is not knowledge or information. Heck it’s not even intelligence—it’s that elusive, intangible, sublime qua
... See moreThe religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Richard Dawkins • The God Delusion
AI will never be able to replace internalized wisdom. In this sense, there is no substitute for human interaction and lived experience out in the world. - BD
Default to Curiosity
- Default to curiosity, not animosity.
- Approach disagreements with curiosity for a better life.
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Learn to approach all disagreement and conflict from a place of curiosity rather than animosity. It will change your life. Humans are notoriously bad at understanding exponential growth.
Curiosity Chronicle • A Few Ideas I Can't Stop Thinking About
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Money, power and fame are corrupting powers that people seek in the hopes of getting love that they don't receive (or can't find) elsewhere.