AI Is Not Here, For It Is Risen (In Price)

Happy Sunday, and happy Easter! In Evan’s family, there is a long tradition of terrible un-funny Easter puns. So, with our apologies, here's one he made up and insisted on putting in this newsletter:

What do you call an Easter Bunny who loves virtual reality? The VR-abbit!

Again, we apologize. We promise the rest of this link roundup is better. Enjoy. 

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“How to Make Millions on Discord” by Evan Armstrong/Napkin Math: We’d like to give you a business opportunity with 183 million eager-to-pay customers, built-in distribution, and only 19 competitors. We’re talking about Discord Activities—a newly opened channel to sell video games to the company’s users. Read this if you are looking for a new, relatively easy way to make $20 million. 

🔏 “Inside the Pod: Use ChatGPT to Super-charge Your Productivity” by Rhea Purohit/Chain of Thought: Many people say you can use AI to be more productive, but this article provides the prompts to give ChatGPT to make it happen. It’s the recipe that productivity whiz Anne-Laure Le Cunff uses to simultaneously run a business, get her Ph.D., and write a book. Read this for actionable prompts to level up your AI tool use.

🎧 “Take Your Business From Zero to One With AI” by Dan Shipper/Chain of Thought: Dan discovered one of the most impressive AI businesses he’s ever seen. The best part? Founder Nicholas Thorne built, and now operates, the company using ChatGPT. The product is an AI chatbot to help any entrepreneur go from idea to pitch deck, working website, custom GPT, and user interviews with real customers. Listen to or watch Dan’s podcast, How Do You Use ChatCPT?, to learn how Nicholas did it. 🔏 Paid subscribers have access to the episode transcript.

“Simulating One-way Door Decisions With AI” by Dan Shipper/Chain of Thought: Dan continues to push the boundaries of what AI can do with our emotions. This week he demonstrates, step by step, how to use AI to simulate your personality so you can see the potential consequences of important, potentially irreversible decisions. Read this for a practical, personal guide on how to use AI to make decisions. 🔏 Paid subscribers have access to the AI’s hypothetical and Dan’s real journal entries.