Lots of interesting commentary! Too many interesting sections to comment on properly, so I will focus on two 1) interesting thought about older people finding new tech actually painful. Could be some truth to that in that thinking really hard about anything (I am thinking physics and math but could be anything) is definitely tiring. So could be something true here and 2) I try to minimize my use of AI, very deliberately. I see its potential for sure, but I cant afford to become cognitively lazy. I admit that probably everyone said that at the dawn of any new tech, but here there is a genuine risk - you can only become a good writer (and thinker) but actually doing it, and doing it a lot. Ai allows to avoid that hard work, and this then makes people genuinely dumber - something I need to avoid, personally. Also, I generally refuse to use AI that wont allow full access to questions posed - hence my pleasure in discovering Grok.
Totally agree with you about AI breeding cognitive laziness, btw. That’s partly why I put this newsletter out. Technology carries this risk. I love prowling over old steam locomotives, which are technically complex pieces of machinery, mostly designed and built by illiterate and innumerate men who just “knew” how to make complicated parts. We’ve lost that sixth sense now.
Cool and yes intuitive engineering like the steam loco guys is an increasingly lost art. I do like AI but I mostly use it as an advanced search engine.
Yeah its true. You can ask it yourself. I intuited it because its now embedded in Xitter, for which I have an account but had not used for a long time and checked a few weeks ago and saw Grok there. So I tried it assuming as it linked to Xitter it would be more laissez-faire, which it is. After getting shut down by Cat-I-Farted a few times I decided I hate it and wanted better, freer. Which Grok is. Love the image engine too. Yuri smiles on you.
Cat-I-Farted and Co-pilot have severe appropriateness filters. I discovered this by accident typing in the word 'tranny' some months ago only to learn it is verboten. Fuck that. Which was why I now promote Grok which is relatively free speech. I don't want any restrictions at all on what I can ask or what words I can use, even bad ones. I don't want my thinking impeded in any way.
Lots of interesting commentary! Too many interesting sections to comment on properly, so I will focus on two 1) interesting thought about older people finding new tech actually painful. Could be some truth to that in that thinking really hard about anything (I am thinking physics and math but could be anything) is definitely tiring. So could be something true here and 2) I try to minimize my use of AI, very deliberately. I see its potential for sure, but I cant afford to become cognitively lazy. I admit that probably everyone said that at the dawn of any new tech, but here there is a genuine risk - you can only become a good writer (and thinker) but actually doing it, and doing it a lot. Ai allows to avoid that hard work, and this then makes people genuinely dumber - something I need to avoid, personally. Also, I generally refuse to use AI that wont allow full access to questions posed - hence my pleasure in discovering Grok.
Totally agree with you about AI breeding cognitive laziness, btw. That’s partly why I put this newsletter out. Technology carries this risk. I love prowling over old steam locomotives, which are technically complex pieces of machinery, mostly designed and built by illiterate and innumerate men who just “knew” how to make complicated parts. We’ve lost that sixth sense now.
Cool and yes intuitive engineering like the steam loco guys is an increasingly lost art. I do like AI but I mostly use it as an advanced search engine.
I did not know that about Grok. I have found it to be superb for research and analysis. Might pony up for a paid version now!
Yeah its true. You can ask it yourself. I intuited it because its now embedded in Xitter, for which I have an account but had not used for a long time and checked a few weeks ago and saw Grok there. So I tried it assuming as it linked to Xitter it would be more laissez-faire, which it is. After getting shut down by Cat-I-Farted a few times I decided I hate it and wanted better, freer. Which Grok is. Love the image engine too. Yuri smiles on you.
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“… won’t allow full access to questions posed …” Can you elaborate? I don’t quite “grok” your thinking (pun intended 😀)
Cat-I-Farted and Co-pilot have severe appropriateness filters. I discovered this by accident typing in the word 'tranny' some months ago only to learn it is verboten. Fuck that. Which was why I now promote Grok which is relatively free speech. I don't want any restrictions at all on what I can ask or what words I can use, even bad ones. I don't want my thinking impeded in any way.
Thanks for sharing! 10X is a good read. Well-worth a trip to the library or Half Priced Books to pick up a copy.