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Redefining intelligence as effectively getting what you want from life, and why this exposes AI’s limitations
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But intelligence is poorly defined. What is the definition of intelligence? There's the G factor, which predicts a lot of human outcomes. But the best evidence for the G factor is its predictive power. It's that you measure this one thing and then you see people get much better life outcomes along the way in things that seem even somewhat unrelated
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Redefining authenticity in the age of AI and new media: tools vs. intent, historical tech shifts, and creative effort.
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So it brings me to an interesting point because we've been hearing a lot about the word authenticity, especially as it relates to AI. So people saying, OK, AI is coming. There's going to be AI influencers. I mean, I think Adam Mazary did a big mini essay on Instagram talking about the rise of AI on the platform. And we know we see what you're
... See moreIn some cases, writing is a pretty impersonal force: if I want to answer some specific question about my taxes, I'm not using this as a pretext to develop some sort of personal connection with whoever is going to explain the nuances of the wash-sale rule or whatever. But in other categories—ones with a substantial overlap with what we think of as
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Preference for small, comprehensible businesses; valuing craftsmanship, limits, anti-optimization, and the philosophy of “enough.”
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I feel like they're more real. I like real things, for whatever that means. Define it however you'd like. But a billion-dollar business or a ten-billion-dollar business, just it doesn't feel like a real thing to me. It feels like a concept.
Meanwhile, the dry cleaner down the street, I can drop off my shirt. I get it cleaned. I bring it up. I pick
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