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sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking

The Belan Deck

Extrapolating from the premise of Aspirational Humanity, I’m proposing that charisma, not taste, may be the most covetable skill in the age of AI. Perhaps your aesthetic sensibility is irrelevant, as long as you can hold a great conversation. AI can style your outfit, but it’s not going to be a helpful wingwoman at the bar. As our external facades... See more

Whatsanu • RIZZ IS THE NEW INTELLIGENCE

Direct_and_indirect

greenlealane.com

Deep Roots, Hard Looks, and Change — Permanent Equity: Investing in Companies that Care What Happens Next

Emily Holdman permanentequity.com

An Education of His Own

Latham Turner lathamt.substack.com

I Used to Be a High-Performing Robot

Cate Hall usefulfictions.substack.com

The Tyranny of Numbers - By Thomas J Bevan - The Commonplace

Thomas Bevan thomasjbevan.substack.com

Models All The Way Down

knowingmachines.org

a really well done ELI5 explainer on AI training models. read this closely and you’ll learn a lot about how the incentives of the commercial web impact the quality of the training data.