It's a New World, After All
E112: AI, playing with poetry
Beginnings often frighten us
because they seem like lonely voyages into the unknown.
– John O’Donohue
It’s a New World, After All.
Standing at the edge of a new horizon.
It’s an opportunity for a new civilization,
a new start for a new generation, one willing to explore new dimensions and galaxies.
In this unmapped space, there is the promise
of fresh experiences, unimaginable abundance, productivity, security and freedom.
On the other side of this journey is great expansion,
the potential for a change in the world’s wealth equation.
This adventure takes advantage of new developments in technology1.
Explorers use courage and quest to discover a different route seeking treasures old and new2.
The bold and curious contemplate and embrace that unorthodox is an option.
Once upon a time, we believed the Earth was flat.
[Now read it again, from the bottom up with the footnotes.]3
“The AI juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down.”
opened with that sentence in his latest edition of using three blindfolded artists replicating the Mona Lisa to explain how machine learning works. AI is the next big technology seeping into every facet of our lives and signals the next tipping point.
An Invitation:
A beginning is ultimately an invitation
to open towards the gifts and growth that are stored up for us.
– John O’Donohue
This week’s post is deliberately short - a perspective-in-progress, a thought-byte. I invite you to share your own thoughts, hopes and fears around the uses and abuses of AI in the twelve months since ChatGPT went mainstream.
What new abundance could this change that we call AI bring for mankind?
If we ignore it, are we better off? If we don’t, how do we manage the change4 5 6?
What was your most memorable takeaway from this week’s edition?
There is no wrong answer. Join the conversation. You have permission.
inventively titled this week’s edition. If you squint, it could punnily read as “It’s a New World after AI!”. Also the encouraging and generous support and feedback from and and my Crow sisters.I did not forget my math, Tribe Tilt! 112 / 7 should = a rest edition. Postponing that to next week.
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Karena
The Nina and the Pinta were two Caravel, a new generation of ships. They were sleek, light, and fast and their cutting edge, triangular-shaped lateen sails were well equipped to take advantage of a whisper of a breeze. Their speed shrank the ocean, opening a new world of possibility. https://www.history.com/news/christopher-columbus-ships-caravels
Once it was spice, now it is productivity
This is au naturale! No AI was used in the idea creation or formatting of this palindrome poetry.
The Techno-Optimist Manifesto, Marc Andreessen - I disagree with some, agree with much
A reflection on AGI from one of the brains behind ChatGPT. My takeaways: 1. These models will self-propagate based on the data fed in. If we want AI to work for good, we need to be loading it with hopeful and positive messaging. 2. Now is NOT the time to wait for others. Speak up soon. https://youtu.be/9iqn1HhFJ6c?si=k32WOiD3ayT1aS4X
No way! That title actually hit haha! Loved the surprise at the end of reversing the whole piece. I can tell you're a computer scientist :) Love that quote at the beginning too!
I always think whoever can write something like this is a magician. So beautiful and clever! Well done!