Cam Jones

We're all navigating unprecedented uncertainty right now. AI isn't just changing technology—it's reshaping every industry, every role, every assumption about how work gets done.

The leaders and organizations that thrive won't be the ones that double down on yesterday's playbook with today's intensity. They'll be the ones brave enough to look like... See more

What does all this mean? If you're a programmer, you should already be exploring these tools. If you're programming-adjacent (an academic who works with data, a designer who wants to experiment with code, anyone who wants to try building a thing they are imagining) this is your moment to experiment. But there's a deeper point here: with the right... See more

If you want a long career in the tech industry, you have to embrace whatever is fashionable, no matter how stupid it seems.

Learn the new thing, use it, become an expert in it. And then be ready to throw it aside and denounce it when the next thing arrives.

This is where Cowen’s self-identification as an “idiot” acquires weight. He does not mean to glorify ignorance. He means to valorize receptivity. To be the idiot in the age of AI is to stand at the edge of one’s own knowledge and resist the impulse to retreat. It is not a capitulation; it is a discipline.

I'm not sure which of you need to hear this, but:

If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present.

Burning out will fuck you up , it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover

Friendly reminder: most people do burn out if they work... See more

The human role is not to dominate but to guide, to shape through repetition, observation, and subtle correction. This, Cowen implies, is the new form of expertise, not the stockpiling of knowledge, but the choreography of feedback.

This metaphor contains an under appreciated dignity. It suggests that working with AI is not clerical, but relational... See more