Ev chapman
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Ev chapman
A person can have the greatest idea in the world but if they can't convince enough other people, it doesn't matter.
AI is aggregated human intelligence. So it’s better to call it collective intelligence than artificial intelligence.
Emphasizing the collectivity (something built on the commons) over the artificiality (a feat of technology) gives us an entire new way to see, perceive and relate to the technology.
-via Holly Herndon, in conversation with Ezra Klein
Second, because genius isn’t linear . You can’t create something world-changing by simply following steps 1 through 10. You need chaos. You need disorder. But it has to be tethered chaos 1 —chaos that’s guided by a deep sense of purpose and vision. It’s about engaging with the unknown while keeping one foot grounded in reality.
Lane Watson • Critical Creative Genius at the Intersection of Order, Disorder, and Chaos
Tethered chaos. It’s important to always have that tether to guide the chaos
But all of the arguments being made today against using generative AI to answer questions sound exactly like the arguments against citing web pages as sources in the 1990s. The argument then was basically “ Anyone can publish anything on the web, and even if a web page is accurate today, it can be changed at any time ” — which was true then and rem... See more
John Gruber • ★ Don’t Throw the Baby Out With the Generative AI Bullshit Bathwater
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
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