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thoughts on artificial intelligence

high-leverage prompts for AI power users
Most people use ChatGPT like a glorified search engine
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From Tamagotchis and Dial-Up to the Age of AI
a timeline of the digital tensions that rewired culture
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signal vs. noise: why people go out of their way to hate your work
the frontier tax and the mathematics of creative displacement
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AI is the new printing press
how the loudest critics are just playing their part in the same old cycle
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10 ways to use ChatGPT that won’t give you brainrot
a personal framework for attention, reflection, and sensemaking
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How I Use AI to Sharpen My Taste and Pursue the Real Me
because taste is self-pursuit—and self-pursuit requires taste
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bureaucracy is getting bodied by AI
some thoughts on markets, merit, and the disruption of everything
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even the machine needs a muse
on feeling truly seen by artificial eyes
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it's my party and i'll use AI if i want to
two middle fingers to the purity police
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machine yearning
the art of digital self-discovery
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The Rot of Decelerationist Thinking
Inside TED’s passive-aggressive interrogation of Sam Altman and the future
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From Albums to Algorithms
How AI is Reshaping Music (and Minds)
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