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1-2-3: Transitioning Meaning

1-2-3: Transitioning Meaning

1 idea, 2 resources, and 3 tools for this week.

Ponderer
April 30, 2023

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PONDER THIS

The Transition of Meaning in the Age of AI

The Big Idea

What’s more serious than the loss of jobs due to AI and automation is the loss of meaning. — Kai-Fu Lee

By labeling AI as serendipity, the speaker emphasizes that AI can bring about unforeseen benefits for humans.

AI can relieve people of mundane and repetitive tasks, create new opportunities for growth, and inspire innovations that could transform numerous aspects of our lives.

This notion highlights that AI is not an adversary but rather an unexpected, positive force that can enhance human existence.

By AI taking over routine jobs, humans can focus on areas that AI cannot reach, such as expressing love, empathy, and creativity.

This serendipitous aspect of AI can help humans rediscover their unique qualities, driving them to pursue more fulfilling and meaningful life experiences.

(Source: TEDx talk on How AI can save humanity)

LEARN

Iterate: We do not wait for clarity to take action. We take action to engineer clarity.

2 Resources

Skill up and expand your mind with our top picks of the week:

I. Thread:

[Read it] Joshua Browder outsourced his entire financial life to GPT-4 and shares how AutoGPT is saving and making money on his behalf.

II. Video:

[Watch it] Kriti Sharma on how to keep human bias out of AI.

TRY IT

Infinite Leverage - Human input, AI output until AI provides input + output.

Human input, AI output. We leverage AI, and AI leverages us.

3 Tools

Leverage our top picks of the week:

I. QuickVid

QuickVid helps you create Youtube shorts 10x faster with AI. [Try it]

II. DoNotPay

DoNotPay is a cool app with a robot lawyer that helps you tackle big companies, fix messy paperwork, and sue easily with a click. [Try it]

III. Taskade

Taskade is an all-in-one collaboration tool for remote teams. A genuinely well-done AI tool that replaces at least 15 tools. [Try it]

CREW PONDERINGS

💌 Self Reminder: An email that Steve Jobs sent to himself 13 months before he passed away:

Steve Jobs' email he sent to himself before he passed away.

TWEETS TO PONDER

Amateurs offload their thinking to AI, while pros brilliantly exploit it for cognitive gains.
— Mike Cardona {Automation Alchemist 🧪} (@CSMikeCardona)
Apr 19, 2023

AI rule #1: no matter how fast you think things are moving, know that you are likely underestimating long-term progress
— Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_)
Apr 24, 2023

I asked 60,000 people what they feared most about AI
Their responses were eye-opening
1. Identity Theft:
"With AI's ability to mimic voices and faces, I fear that millions of grandmas will get their money stolen."
— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg)
Apr 30, 2023

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