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- 90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0 ...but the other 10% are worth 1000x
- AI is an Ideology, Not a Technology argues that artificial intelligence is better understood as an ideology rather than just a technology. It promotes a view of autonomous machine intelligence that could replace humans, but this is a mirage since AI relies heavily on human data and contributions. An alternative view is to focus on how people are central to developing AI systems through providing examples, problem-solving and understanding the technology.
- What can LLMs never do?
inability to perform certain tasks that seem simple for humans, like playing Wordle or predicting the output of cellular automata.
- A Front-End Engineer's Take on LLMs
the indeterminism and unreliable behavior of LLMs, which is unlike the deterministic nature of typical software development. The author thinks prompt engineering will go the way testing is going. - be a skill rather than a discipline
- Group chats rule the world
— Salons and groups have always existed but why the recent shift to private discourse?
Because the public internet makes it too easy for people to sell you stuff, extract value from you, or harass you. Private chats are human-scale environments where understandable social norms---not commerce, algorithms, or formal rules---drive the interactions. It's an authentic experience. # - The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
As AI takes over the public internet (the trees) the people will retreat to safe underground spaces where they know only authentic humans live. #
- How I Use "AI"
- The Effects of Generative AI on High Skilled Work: Evidence from Three Field Experiments with Software Developers
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