Which AI should I use? Superpowers and the State of Play
was asked in a DM conversation whether I use AI for writing, and I said no, it would be like going for a walk in my car. The only people who seem to directly use AI for writing are people who don’t write for pleasure, but have to write a lot of functional, business-like things that are too varied for boilerplate templates. The sort of writing that
... See moreVenkatesh Rao • My Post-Ai Writing
If your work is in any sense “creative” – if you’re a writer, designer, therapist, artist, editor, coach, architect, podcaster, or much else besides – there’s a good chance you’ve spent recent months worried that AI might be coming for your job. (You might be excited by AI’s potential, too; the two aren’t mutually exclusive.) But something about th
... See moreToday, most AI is similar to an army of chimps. It’s smart, but not as smart as humans. It can follow directions if it has been properly trained and supervised, but it can be erratic and destructive if it hasn’t. With years of training and development, AI can do superhuman things—like filtering spam out of a billion email inboxes or creating a mill... See more
Kevin Roose • Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation
As one example, I showed that Claude can get remarkably far as an entirely automated entrepreneur with the prompt: think step-by-step. generate 20 ideas for an app aimed at HR professionals. then evaluate and pick the best one that would make a good visual app. build a playable prototype of that. interview me as a potential customer about the proto... See more