Ethan Mollick’s One Useful Thing Substack newsletter is widely hailed as one of the best resources for understanding the rapidly evolving world of AI and LLMs. It’s no surprise that his 2024 book, Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI, is a thoughtful and widely practical guide for engaging with AI, regardless of the reader’s prior…
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After hearing author Hannah Ritchie on Ezra Klein’s podcast, I immediately sought out her recent book. Ritchie serves as the Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher at Our World in Data, a non-profit dedicated to using data to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. And in Not the End of World, she uses that data…
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Apple recently brought the issue of creativity in the modern technology era to a head with its tone-deaf Crush Ad. If you haven’t seen it, the viewer is treated to the slow-motion destruction of all manner of artistic media, from instruments to paints to cameras. The hydraulic press lowers inch by steady inch until the…
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An recent NY Times article asks a question that’s been vaguely floating around the edges of the business world since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT 3 in November of 2022 – “Can A.I. replace human CEOs?” Taking this question at face value, there are plenty of answers needed before “A.I. CEO” becomes anything more than…
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