Dan Shipper

Dan Shipper 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.’

Mar 31, 2024

What I Do When I Can’t Sleep

AI, insomnia, and the articulation of taste

Jan 18, 2023

Code for GPT-3 Journal Summarizer

Access the code samples here.

Sep 25, 2024

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

Never forget what you read again

Oct 3, 2021

Do “Stress Cancelling” Headsets Work?

Reviewing a wearable device that uses special vibrations to help you "stress less" and "sleep better"

Apr 25, 2025

AI Can Fix Social Media’s Original Sin

You are what you say you are—not just what you click

Mar 28, 2025

Why Generalists Own the Future

In the age of AI, it’s better to know a little about a lot than a lot about a little

Nov 3, 2022

Generative AIs Narrow the Taste Gap

Musings from the frontier of AI and the written word

May 25, 2023

What I Learned Teaching 100 People To Code with AI

I guess I’m a programming teacher now

Apr 25, 2024

What Can Language Models Actually Do?

Part one: Language models as text compressors

Jun 17, 2022

How to write a bestselling book with a friend (even when it’s hard)

And you both have full-time jobs

Feb 18, 2025

How Language Models Work

A 100-percent jargon-free guide

Nov 5, 2021

Misunderstanding Media

The phrase “the medium is the message” predicted much of the internet era. But what does it actually mean?

Sep 8, 2022

Creative Extravagance

Throw some stuff against the wall and see what sticks

Oct 26, 2023

ChatGPT Is the Best Journal I’ve Ever Used

My slow and steady progression to living out the plot of the movie 'Her'

Feb 6, 2024

Exclusive Analysis of ‘How Do You Use ChatGPT?’ With Logan Kilpatrick

Plus a transcript of the latest episode

Feb 16, 2023

Workshop: Learn to Write With AI

ChatGPT, GPT-3, and Lex as powerful tools in the writing process

Feb 27, 2022

Why You’re Not Doing Creative Work

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

Oct 17, 2024

How to Figure Out What People Want

Think in sequences, not essences

Feb 20, 2024

Exclusive Analysis of ‘How Do You Use ChatGPT?’ With Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Plus a transcript of the latest episode

Nov 9, 2023

A Day at the Center of the AI Boom

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

Feb 26, 2025

He Built an AI Audience Simulator. It’s the Future of Customer Research.

Prompt engineer Michael Taylor created a tool that simulates real audience feedback—without the risk

May 16, 2025

Vibe Check: Codex—OpenAI’s New Coding Agent

Our hands-on day-0 review of the new autonomous software engineer

Nov 17, 2022

The End of Effective Altruism?

Success has many philosophical bedfellows; frauds have none

Nov 14, 2023

Introducing ‘How Do You Use ChatGPT?’

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