Matt Little

The real revolution might be “AI for the masses at scale.” It’s increasingly clear that it seems to be worth building with the assumption that access to intelligence will continue to rapidly decline in cost, similar to that of computer memory and storage over the past 50 years. Each time the price of intelligence drops, it opens up a new... See more

"Philosophical counseling is to reason what psychotherapy is to emotions."

AI was most useful upstream and downstream of the main thing.

Richard Feynman didn’t get his Nobel Prize by pursuing "win a Nobel Prize" as a goal. He played with problems, often placing arbitrary limits on himself: what if we assume this system has no dissipation? What if we ignore spin? He looked for elegance within boundaries, not outcomes. His freedom came from self-imposed structure.

Constraints do not... See more

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Every Job Will Become an Art or Die

A conversation with Anu Atluru

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Leadership

Ultimately, AI starts as a leadership problem, where leaders recognize that AI presents urgent challenges and opportunities. One big change since I wrote about this topic months ago is that more leaders are starting to recognize the need to address AI. You can see this in two viral memos, from the CEO of Shopify and the CEO of Duolingo,... See more

Earnestness is radioactive. People sense it through the screen. If you’re saying something because you believe it, people may not agree, but they will listen longer. If you’re saying something because you think it will work, they may like it, but they won’t love it. There is a difference between engagement and emotional investment. One gets clicks.... See more