Chain of Thought

Thinking at the edge of AI, every Friday.

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, 2024

The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the Allocation Economy

In the age of AI, every maker becomes a manager

Sep 8, 2023

Admitting What Is Obvious

I’m a writer—what are you?

Mar 31, 2023

GPT-4 Is a Reasoning Engine

Reason is only as good as the information we give it

Sep 15, 2023

Using ChatGPT Custom Instructions for Fun and Profit

How to 10x ChatGPT with personalized answers

Jan 6, 2023

The End of Organizing

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

Mar 15, 2024

Can a Startup Kill ChatGPT?

Google is dangerous—a founder cracked on Zyn and Diet Coke more so

Jul 19, 2024

Every’s Master Plan

Writing our way to a big business

Mar 17, 2023

GPT-4: A Copilot for the Mind

Never forget what you read again

Feb 16, 2024

How Sora Works (and What It Means)

OpenAI's new text-to-video model heralds a new form of filmmaking

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

Jun 23, 2023

What I Do When I Can’t Sleep

AI, insomnia, and the articulation of taste

Oct 6, 2023

AI-assisted Decision-making

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

Dec 20, 2022

Here’s What I Saw at an AI Hackathon

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

Sep 6, 2024

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

Oct 17, 2023

How Hard Should I Push Myself?

What the science of stress tells us about peak performance

Jun 16, 2023

GPT-4 Can Use Tools Now—That’s a Big Deal

What "function calling" is, how it works, and what it means

Jan 12, 2024

ChatGPT and the Future of the Human Mind

AI is a lever that becomes a lens

Feb 23, 2024

I Spent a Week With Gemini Pro 1.5—It’s Fantastic

When it comes to context windows, size matters

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

Jun 9, 2023

The Most Important WWDC Announcement That You Missed

Apple has a shot at solving the mental health crisis

Nov 7, 2023

What I Saw at OpenAI’s Developer Day

Bigger, smarter, faster, cheaper, easier

Dec 3, 2022

Linus Lee Is Living With AI

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

Feb 17, 2023

Writing Essays With AI: A Guide

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