AI

Blogging is a hundred billion dollar industry (1). The time and energy invested in blogging is immense, even though only a small fraction is captured in monetary transactions. I’m curious how LLM’s will effect this massive industry. At the market level, there are two possibilities — LLMs may tend to increase or decrease the industry growth rate. It seems unlikely to have a neutral effect. In this article I’d like to consider the each possibility and some implications that come to mind. ...

The benefits of daily introspective journaling are immense. This article explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) can enhance the benefits of journaling. If you are not familiar with daily journaling, see this short guide and definition: Daily Introspective Journaling : A daily journaling ritual in which one writes in a stream of consciousness for a set number or pages or duration. Typically, journaling is done at the same time each day, in order to ingrain the practice as a habit. ...

I keep hearing the same thing. The new Large Language Models (like GPT-4) cause anxiety because Fear of job being replaced by LLM’s Fear of AI taking over the world and maybe killing us I don’t think that’s it. I think the anxiety is deeper. It’s existential. Consider, humanity has always been unique in its ability to wield the tool of language. This is our first great invention. This is what’s enabled everything we’ve achieved. Language has been uniquely ours. ...