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What Does Slow AI Look Like?
He often turns to analog methods of early creation , like sketching on paper or handwriting notes, instead of immediately resorting to digital tools. The slower pace offers deeper focus and naturally restricts the ideas to their simplest.
every.to • Sailing Against the Current of Frictionless AI
Incorporating slowness into your process is a paradox. What I mean by slow is that you work at a pace that allows you to pay attention to what you are doing.
Thomas Sterner • The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus Into Your Life
From Lily Chambers:
I genuinely do not care if AI tools make me more productive.
I am tired of seeing, "increased productivity" as a selling point. I do not want to be valued for my productivity. I do not want "more" of anything related to work.
I like doing things meticulously. I like using my hands. I like manipulating data that an LLM could inter
... See moreThe general assumption driven by these optimization models is always that faster is better. I think there are things we need to deliberately and consciously slow down for our own sanity and for our own productivity. If we don’t ask that question about what those things are, I think we’ll get things terribly, terribly wrong.