Shachaf Rodberg

AI-powered document editors, then, among other tools, use all that training data to make it even easier to write outcome-oriented garbage that moves us further and further from the truth of ourselves and each other as beautiful, complex, experiencing beings.

Having idiosyncratic interests that grow in complexity means that if you pursue them too far you will end up obsessed with things that no one else around you cares about .

. “In general, I like doing action — not saying what should happen, but doing what should happen,” Baskin says. “I think if I hadn’t staged the onigiri, and I had just kept saying, ‘We should have onigiri,’ I think we would stay dreaming, as opposed to actually going through a staged reality. I think that that creates more of a deeper excitement... See more

The goal isn’t to actually resolve the concern—it is to make the founder feel comfortable trusting you

It’s not that these threads are dishonest in and of themselves, but rather that they originate from a place of outcome prioritization (follower growth) and therefore don’t hold reverence for the truth of what the creator actually cares about or thinks is beautiful or meaningful.

They want a clean tap into your psyche, to understand and influence you in real-time. Sure, they want your money. But first, they want your mind

I can see a time once the hype has settled down, and we all see whether AI is truly capable at a practical, day-to-day level, where we realize that the control still remains with the humans. Just because everyone has a camera on their phone, doesn’t mean everyone takes great photos. That still requires skill, experience and above all, taste.