Tag: Algorithms
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Complacency around AI job replacement is insanity
Last week I couldn’t contain myself, and had to share the post below on LinkedIn. Excuse me, but: 🤬 THIS! Our society deserves better! “AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years, Amodei told [Axios] in an interview from his…
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Maybe we do need nutrition labels on software
Back in November 2023 I posited the idea of using nutrition labels for generative AI products. It wasn’t intended to be an in-depth exploration, but rather the beginnings of a mental model. The idea was to reframe these large language models (LLMs) as being neither all good nor all bad, but rather to take a…
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Generative, Personal, but not Artificial
Why is Apple so allergic to the term “AI”? Yesterday’s WWDC conference was split between new OS updates and the big Apple Intelligence announcement. Just like all these articles pointed out back at WWDC 2023, once again never said “artificial intelligence” or “AI” once. But this time, they did say “intelligence”… a lot! Besides Apple…
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Intellectual Nutrition Labels for Generative AI Products
If a generative AI had a nutrition label that said “100 brain calories per ChatGPT response”, would that change how you use it? Nutrition could serve as a metaphor to understand why taking a tempered approach with generative AI might be important for our intellectual health. For starters, not all calories are created equal. 100…
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Simplicity's Double-Edged Sword in the Information Age
We’re obsessed with simplicity. It’s alluring and inflammatory all at once. We want to simplify everything, and we want to draw the line on when something is too simple. “Everything should be as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Though there is no confirmed source, the quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein. It’s about…