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We published five original essays this week on everything from chatbots, to Stripe, to Rick Rubin.

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How to Build a Chatbot with GPT-3

Dan Shipper / Chain of Thought

This week Dan wrote a step-by-step guide for turning any newsletter, blog post, or book into a chatbot with GPT-3. He starts with a basic, nuts and bolts explanation of GPT-3 and ends with a fully fledged chatbot—no programming experience required.

If you want to build with GPT-3 this is the article for you.

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The Cup of Coffee Theory of AI

Billy Oppenheimer

Billy Oppenheimer is Ryan Holiday's research assistant—and he's worried about being replaced by AI.

In this essay, he unpacks he explores the notion that there is more than enough room in the world for both machine and human intelligence. Taking cues from Jerry Seinfeld, he explains why creativity requires taste and discernment, two skills that AI still struggles with.

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The Meditations of Vinyl Jesus

Evan Armstrong / Napkin Math

Music producer Rick Rubin is everywhere these days, but he's never encountered a reviewer like Evan.

In this review, Evan explores his mix of infatuation with and skepticism of Rubin's new book, The Creative Act, and the methods contained in it.

See him struggle with his mixed feelings, and explain why Rick has made him into a better writer in this essay.

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Chatbots’ Time Has Come. Why Now?

Nathan Baschez / Divinations

The technology for AI chatbots has been available for a long time. So why are they all the rage only recently?

Nathan thinks the core unlock was ChatGPT: it proved that you could package LLM technology as a relatively simple chatbot, position it as an alternative to Google, and gain faster adoption than perhaps any other consumer product in history.

He unpacks why that's important and what it means for building products in this week's essay.

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Stripe Can’t Lose

Jareau Wadé

Stripe was once an unstoppable force—but as it moves closer to its eventual IPO, it's facing competition and harsh realities. This article looks at Stripe's past decade: the partnerships, products, and kerfuffles; its major wins—and losses.

Jareau Wade writes about what's next for the payments technology company—and the lessons that apply to all tech companies in 2023.

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That's all for this week! See you next Sunday :)