The things you write down, using your own words, begin to become the meaning you create for yourself, if for no other reason than because you wrote them down. And creating meaning is not a task any of us can afford to outsource.
Tag: learning
I Used to Be ChatGPT
In the early 2000s, my job was to find and share answers to hard questions fast. Here’s what that experience taught me about how humans know, why we need to keep thinking together, and when we’re better than any artificial intelligence.
Why ChatGPT Cheats at Chess—And Why that May Be Super Important for the Future of AI
ChatGPT can discuss chess brilliantly but routinely makes illegal moves during actual gameplay. AI researcher Gary Marcus argues this isn’t a quirk—it reveals that large language models lack “world models,” the internal representations of reality that humans use to understand how things work. This limitation may be fundamental to current AI architectures, with significant implications for how we should think about and use these powerful but imperfect tools.
Check Your Lenses
Different tools enable different types of seeing and thinking.
Keep Bending Toward Justice and Truth
Some simple things you can do to make the world better.
From Luke Skywalker to Barney Busrider to … ?
Reflections on the characters I’ve been, and the one I’m still becoming.
Nothing Much and the Center of Everything
A brief reflection on the otherworldly importance of each of us—and why you should do your homework.
What Changed Your Mind?
The most important mind-changers aren't nuggets you'll note in a TED talk or even lessons you'll learn from a book. They're experiences that change who you are.
Does the Data Really Know?
We increasingly expect “the data” to guide us. But what do they really know?
The Story of the Star Wars Storybook
A long time ago, in a make-believe galaxy not far away, I pretended to be Luke Skywalker. Here's how that turned out.
