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.
Tag: understanding
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.
From the Inside Out and the Outside In
We humans understand each other asymmetrically. But that's a good enough place to start.
From Luke Skywalker to Barney Busrider to … ?
Reflections on the characters I’ve been, and the one I’m still becoming.
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.
Someday You’ll See Things Differently
No matter how well you know a thing now, it will likely look different to you someday, after your next existential transition.
Two Lessons I Learned from My Labrador
Walking 6,000 miles with Bo has taught me at least a couple of things.
Father Knows (You) Best
If you want to understand yourself better, ask your father. He's an expert on the subject of you.
