Dan Shipper

Dan is the CEO and cofounder of Every. Every week he explores the frontiers of AI in his column, Chain of Thought, and on his podcast, AI & I.

May 6, 2021

The Truth About Mental Models with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street’s founder talks about learning loops, how to read, and how to avoid bullshit

Mar 10, 2023

Where Copilots Work

A simple checklist for builders

Mar 3, 2023

How to Make AI Write Like Your Favorite Author

A step-by-step guide from prompting to fine-tuning

Dec 10, 2022

Artificial Unintelligence

Returning risky results is a dimension of performance for AI models

Feb 28, 2022

Why You’re Not Doing Creative Work

And how to start again even if you don't have time

Jan 15, 2022

Beware of Pet Explanations

A few weeks ago, I was out shopping in SoHo when I was gripped by the sensation that everything was about to go horribly wrong. I am not a s

Nov 10, 2023

A Day at the Center of the AI Boom

In San Francisco, there’s one rule to live by: Layer up.

Sep 9, 2022

Creative Extravagance

Throw some stuff against the wall and see what sticks

Apr 19, 2024

AI Writing Will Feel Real—Eventually

Humans have always found new technology impersonal, but that feeling doesn't last

Oct 18, 2024

How to Figure Out What People Want

Think in sequences, not essences

Oct 30, 2023

Kate Lee Joins Every as Editor-in-Chief

A note on the future of Every

Nov 15, 2023

Introducing ‘How Do You Use ChatGPT?’

How the most interesting people in the world use ChatGPT to think, create, and grow

Nov 1, 2024

Writing as a Way of Thinking

Why managers might offer our best clue about AI’s impact on writing

May 29, 2024

Introducing ‘AI & I’

How to use AI to think, create, and relate

Aug 2, 2024

The Great AI Unbundling

Why ChatGPT and Claude will spawn the next wave of startups

Sep 26, 2024

GPT-4: A Copilot For The Mind (2023)

Never forget what you read again

May 26, 2023

What I Learned Teaching 100 People To Code with AI

I guess I’m a programming teacher now

May 19, 2023

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of 1-1 Learning

How to learn anything 98% better than average

Mar 29, 2024

Simulating One-way Door Decisions With AI

AI can refine your ability to know your future state

Aug 20, 2022

Why You Keep Doing Productivity Systems That Don’t Work

And how to do something new

Dec 3, 2024

Introducing Extendable Articles

A new type of media that uses AI to expand your perspective

Apr 16, 2025

Vibe Check: o3 Is Here—And It’s Great

The highest praise I can give is that I’m already using it all the time

Jan 23, 2025

We Tried OpenAI’s New Agent—Here’s What We Found

Operator (Could you help me do this task?)

May 3, 2024

The Next Big Programming Language Is English

I spent 24 hours with AI coding assistant Github Copilot Workspace