Chain of Thought

Thinking at the edge of AI, every Friday.

Jun 30, 2023

I Let An AI Do My Email

A review of Superhuman AI

Apr 21, 2023

A Few Things I Believe About AI

Taking time for a 10,000 foot perspective

Sep 29, 2023

Wanted: High Performers for the Last Job You’ll Ever Have

Train an AI to replace yourself. Salary paid and profits shared indefinitely.

Jan 27, 2023

Permission to Be Excited About AI

Skepticism, curiosity, and the Current Thing

Oct 20, 2023

You Have No Choice But to Read This

Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky's new book, 'Determined,' revives the age-old debate over free will

Nov 29, 2023

AI-assisted Decision-making

How to use ChatGPT to master the best of what other people have figured out

Aug 4, 2023

Personality Simulation Is Coming

What it means when an LLM can accurately model you

Mar 24, 2023

Awe, Anxiety, and AI

Navigating the conflicting emotions of this moment in tech

May 5, 2023

AI Is Transforming Media Forever, Here’s How

Dispatches from the frontier of technology and the written word

Feb 3, 2023

This VC Is Slowly Automating His Job

How Yohei Nakajima uses GPT-3 to eliminate repetitive tasks

Aug 11, 2023

How to Develop Your Taste for New Technologies

A close encounter with GrimesAI

Jul 21, 2023

What Comes After SaaS?

Bespoke apps for everyone—customized by AI

May 12, 2023

Does GPT-4 Know Me Better Than My Girlfriend?

A dangerous question with fascinating answers

Apr 2, 2024

The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the Allocation Economy

In the age of AI, every maker becomes a manager

Aug 30, 2024

OpenAI’s New Model, Strawberry, Explained

ChatGPT’s next big evolution lies in its ability to solve the ‘strawberry’ problem

Jan 26, 2024

ChatGPT Unlocks the Most Powerful Force on Earth

It increases human coordination

Sep 22, 2023

Great Artists Steal (With LLMs)

You can only steal what you can find—and AI lets you find exactly what you need

Apr 7, 2023

AI Doomsday For People Who Don’t Wear Fedoras

Should we bomb the GPU clusters? A primer.

Jun 2, 2023

Please Make a Better Kindle

It could be 10x better, here’s how

Jul 14, 2023

The Optimal Level of Optimization

Lessons on goal maximization from machine learning

Nov 11, 2022

AI and the Age of the Individual

When intelligence is cheap, individuals win

Apr 28, 2023

AI and the Future of Programming

An interview with Replit co-founder Amjad Masad

Oct 27, 2023

ChatGPT Is the Best Journal I’ve Ever Used

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

Apr 1, 2024

What I Do When I Can’t Sleep

AI, insomnia, and the articulation of taste