What I learned this week 12-13-2025
What I learned this week⌗
Software⌗
- That’s also why I see no point in using AI to, say, write an essay, just like I see no point in bringing a forklift to the gym. Sure, it can lift the weights, but I’m not trying to suspend a barbell above the floor for the hell of it. I lift it because I want to become the kind of person who can lift it. Similarly, I write because I want to become the kind of person who can think.
- The original sin of artificial intelligence was, of course, calling it artificial intelligence. Those two words have lured us into making man the measure of machine: “Now it’s as smart as an undergraduate…now it’s as smart as a PhD!” These comparisons only give us the illusion of understanding AI’s capabilities and limitations, as well as our own, because we don’t actually know what it means to be smart in the first place
Business/Finance⌗
Interesting Links⌗
Brandolinis Law a.k.a bullshit asymmetry principle
Lebron played against 35% of all NBA players
Math/Stats⌗
The Fourier Transform explained via smoothies
Travel⌗
Other⌗
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