I'm a big fan of this. A little dystopian, but an interesting read. I think the application of AI falls squarely into the category of dose-response optimization. Like many things, too much and too little delegation are equally damaging.
You could compare this piece to a similar situation that's maybe more accessible to people who didn't grow up in a technology-dominated world. The situation not of delegating away one's decisions, but the delegation of one's personal relationships. I'm thinking of the busy CEO who has nannies to rear their children so they can work harder, personal assistants to take calls from the significant other so they don't have to speak to them, etc.
I heard an interview with Sam Corcos, founder of Athena (company providing executive assistants), and I liked one of his takes. Things that are worth delegating are those which free you to spend more time doing things that are are uniquely human. The inversion that people often fall into is delegating their humanity.
I'd consider the experience of independent thought to fall under the umbrella of "humanity." It's not the thoughts themselves that are so important, but the process of forming them that's intensely human -- something that you touched on in a discussion we had the other day on creativity.
Yay…thank you, Alan. The fun of fiction as fable is to approach the big idea with a sense of disequilibrium. Without it, no learning occurs. I appreciate our conversations of late 👍
Many thanks, Joe. Stories & fables often articulate the pain to much clearer than explaining it. I'm tinkering with a 'once a month' strange article where I approach what I do from the angle unexpected. I appreciate the read and comment :-)
Me neither. In my head, sure. One liners often on queue…when apropos. On paper, not really. Until I changed my self-identity to fit the task. We’ve spoke of this before, ‘becoming ‘Super Salesman’ in the moment,’ and I’ve an upcoming Article about it and its frickin’ fascinating. Back to the Until… Until I became a ‘writer of these kinds of stories’ (Lyle Evansiano, a guy with a name who writes these kinds of stories). I began writing as he would. How would he look at my world. What would be important to him. Claude helped me clean it all up, but as Lyle, and a good Spotify playlist Lyle would listen to do such things, it flowed. So, Joe Mills, who is that ‘writer who writes these kinds of stories’ to you? Write like that person for awhile. You’ll be surprised.
"What do you say to the woman who taught you to think when you’re no longer sure you do?" As a mom, this line came across to me as a distopian nightmare. At times it feels we are on track to make it a reality.
I'm a big fan of this. A little dystopian, but an interesting read. I think the application of AI falls squarely into the category of dose-response optimization. Like many things, too much and too little delegation are equally damaging.
You could compare this piece to a similar situation that's maybe more accessible to people who didn't grow up in a technology-dominated world. The situation not of delegating away one's decisions, but the delegation of one's personal relationships. I'm thinking of the busy CEO who has nannies to rear their children so they can work harder, personal assistants to take calls from the significant other so they don't have to speak to them, etc.
I heard an interview with Sam Corcos, founder of Athena (company providing executive assistants), and I liked one of his takes. Things that are worth delegating are those which free you to spend more time doing things that are are uniquely human. The inversion that people often fall into is delegating their humanity.
I'd consider the experience of independent thought to fall under the umbrella of "humanity." It's not the thoughts themselves that are so important, but the process of forming them that's intensely human -- something that you touched on in a discussion we had the other day on creativity.
Yay…thank you, Alan. The fun of fiction as fable is to approach the big idea with a sense of disequilibrium. Without it, no learning occurs. I appreciate our conversations of late 👍
As always, Rich, nice work. Well put together, and scary as hell!
What was strange about writing it was how quickly how wired we are strung together. Thanks, Joe.
Many thanks, Joe. Stories & fables often articulate the pain to much clearer than explaining it. I'm tinkering with a 'once a month' strange article where I approach what I do from the angle unexpected. I appreciate the read and comment :-)
Love these types of stories…just never been really good at coming up with them myself.
Me neither. In my head, sure. One liners often on queue…when apropos. On paper, not really. Until I changed my self-identity to fit the task. We’ve spoke of this before, ‘becoming ‘Super Salesman’ in the moment,’ and I’ve an upcoming Article about it and its frickin’ fascinating. Back to the Until… Until I became a ‘writer of these kinds of stories’ (Lyle Evansiano, a guy with a name who writes these kinds of stories). I began writing as he would. How would he look at my world. What would be important to him. Claude helped me clean it all up, but as Lyle, and a good Spotify playlist Lyle would listen to do such things, it flowed. So, Joe Mills, who is that ‘writer who writes these kinds of stories’ to you? Write like that person for awhile. You’ll be surprised.
Chilling dystopia that we are far too close to. Uncomfortably so.
So long as it made you think, and others, Nicole. Thank you!
Better believe it made me think! And shudder.
🙂 As it should be
"What do you say to the woman who taught you to think when you’re no longer sure you do?" As a mom, this line came across to me as a distopian nightmare. At times it feels we are on track to make it a reality.
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