1-2-3: Mind, Speed and AI

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

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Ponderer
July 02, 2023

Happy Sunday!

Welcome to Ponderer's 17th edition.

Every great idea needs motion.

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Here are 1 idea to ponder, 2 resources to skill up, and 3 tools to try out.

Let’s do it.

PONDER THIS

The Big Idea

The main barrier to speed is our mind.

Speed is the #1 advantage of startups and creators. With generative AI here, whatever your definition of speed is, it has to increase 10x.

This is a concept that hits home for us at Ponderer.

Generative AI's growth forces us to accelerate innovation.

AI isn't flawless, but social fear won’t affect it. It’ll ship the product fast.

AI won't suffer performance issues due to stress or lack of sleep.

Procrastination won't be a problem, either.

AI won't sabotage itself due to feelings of unworthiness.

This article by James Currier proposes a mindset shift that involves:

  • separating ego from the product

  • considering operations as trials

  • outsmarting self-hindrance

…to seize the opportunities AI brings.

LEARN

“Learn via iteration. Do not wait for clarity to take action. Take action to engineer clarity.” — Ricky Figueroa [like this on twitter]

2 Resources

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

I. Guide

[Read it] How to use AI to turn social media posts into clients; crafted by Luke Shalom.

II. Case Study

[Read it] Building Boba AI: How to build an LLM-powered generative app; crafted by Farooq Ali.

TRY IT

Human input, AI output.

3 Tools

Leverage our top picks of the week:

I. Nette

Nette is a research operating system for the web. A new way of exploring information—visual, interactive, and smart. [Try it]

II. Rewind

Rewind records anything you’ve seen, said, or heard and makes it searchable. Like a search engine for your life and having a perfect memory. [Try it]

III. Supademo

Supademo is the fastest way to create intuitive, click-through product demos at scale for free with no code. [Try it]

CREW PONDERINGS

🎱 Gen8: Eight generative AI startups are winning the race for tech talent. Why leave Ponderer’s 9th and 10th spots off the list?

🤯 Uhhh: AI has turned every wifi router into a camera that can work in the dark, specially tuned for tracking living beings. Why Galileo? Why?

🖼️ Reality: Art that reveals how technology frames reality and exposes the inherent bias of digital media (commercial distributed reality). [Watch]

TWEET TO PONDER

Allie is not wrong—great tip, even for us turtles in Slow Land.

We have a saying at Ponderer:

You’ll never know until you test it.

Test, test, test.

. TOGETHER > SOLO .

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