Chain of Thought

Thinking at the edge of AI, every Friday.

Nov 4, 2022

Generative AIs Narrow the Taste Gap

Musings from the frontier of AI and the written word

Nov 11, 2022

AI and the Age of the Individual

When intelligence is cheap, individuals win

Dec 3, 2022

Linus Lee Is Living With AI

How a researcher uses generative AI to help him think better and get more done

Dec 10, 2022

Artificial Unintelligence

Returning risky results is a dimension of performance for AI models

Dec 16, 2022

I Built an AI Chatbot Based on My Favorite Podcast

Here’s how I built it and what I learned about the future

Dec 20, 2022

Here’s What I Saw at an AI Hackathon

AI gossip, celebrity sightings, tech trends—and some great projects

Jan 6, 2023

The End of Organizing

How GPT-3 will turn your notes into an *actual* second brain

Jan 8, 2023

Access to our Science Chat Bot

Use it and download the source code

Jan 13, 2023

GPT-3 Is the Best Journal I’ve Ever Used

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

Jan 19, 2023

Code for GPT-3 Journal Summarizer

Access the code samples here.

Jan 20, 2023

Can GPT-3 Explain My Past and Tell My Future?

I loaded journal entries from the past 10 years into GPT-3—and started asking it questions

Jan 27, 2023

Permission to Be Excited About AI

Skepticism, curiosity, and the Current Thing

Feb 3, 2023

This VC Is Slowly Automating His Job

How Yohei Nakajima uses GPT-3 to eliminate repetitive tasks

Feb 10, 2023

How to Build a Chatbot with GPT-3

A step-by-step guide

Feb 12, 2023

Bonus: Chatbot Sample Code and Metrics Updates

For paying subscribers only

Feb 17, 2023

Writing Essays With AI: A Guide

We should take AI seriously as a creative tool—here's how

Feb 17, 2023

Workshop: Learn to Write With AI

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

Mar 3, 2023

How to Make AI Write Like Your Favorite Author

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

Mar 3, 2023

Self-Paced Workshop: Learn to Write with AI

AI can help you produce the best writing of your life—but only if you know how to use it well. In this 90 minute subscriber-only workshop I

Mar 3, 2023

Live Workshop: Fine Tuning AI on Your Favorite Writer’s Voice

Learn to get AI to write like your favorite writer, from start to finish

Mar 10, 2023

Where Copilots Work

A simple checklist for builders

Mar 17, 2023

GPT-4: A Copilot for the Mind

Never forget what you read again

Mar 24, 2023

Awe, Anxiety, and AI

Navigating the conflicting emotions of this moment in tech

Mar 31, 2023

GPT-4 Is a Reasoning Engine

Reason is only as good as the information we give it