As the things stand, we used to have thousands of Excels with obscure macros heavy-lifting businesses. Now we have thousands of Claude artifacts doing the same. Nothing has changed, much less improved.
Wherever I've seen a pull back, it is all because of compliance or security. And that too not because of the purity of heart; but because some checkbox couldn't be ticked due to AI.
Excel macros are deterministic, don't leak BI and PII, aren't malware, and don't cost an extra engineer's salary per engineer. Comparing them to Claude is quite a disservice.
Not to forget versioned inside the document. The same spreadsheet produces same answers if it is not edited. Same can't be said from programs that can be recreated over and over again.
> don't cost an extra engineer's salary per engineer.
In fact they preserve an engineer's salary. Many front-office wranglers in finance have built rock-solid job security using impenetrable nest of excel macros that only they understand. Or was so, until recently. Now we have AI.
Pleasantly surprised to see this here. One of the most memorable shows that I watched ages ago. It was strong at the beginning but kind of dragged on in later seasons. Still very nice to binge.
In case you’re looking for some more shows related to AI, Cupertino by Robert King and Michelle King is currently airing and is pretty entertaining.
It did start to drag on but I still enjoyed it even though I was only able to watch it via Amazon's FreeVee with all their weird commercials. I watched it just to see root [1].
I enjoyed it for a bit but it was one of those shows that just didn't grab me after a while. But, then, I'm like that with a lot of shows and don't really binge watch. The few times I've bought a full series which I enjoyed on DVD, I've found that I watch it some and then drift away.
I’ve found that increasing the number of screens is not helpful at all for learning.
What worked for me was building a system that lets me think consistently everyday. And by system, I mean sitting in a library with paper books and if really necessary, with my existing laptop.
i've been mainly using chatgpt to learn. i can drill it endlessly for concept i dont understand. Previously i was forced to move on with holes in understanding.
also the new ui that is more visual is making a huge difference. only think i dont like is that i take a lot of detours but chat is linear instead of a tree.
> Text is no longer rare and precious like in ancient times.
Text was never rare. What made it special was the people, their experiences, imperfections and the ways they expressed them. It may be corny to say but words do have power - to light up your imagination, let you visit worlds through the eye of the narrator, and spark that tiny flame which could lead to great discoveries.
AI-generated text has none of that effect on me. My brain just shuts down as soon as it detects it. My eyes glaze over and my fickle attention flickers away.
So, if anything, AI is making some human writing way more precious than before.
> AI-generated text has none of that effect on me. My brain just shuts down as soon as it detects it. My eyes glaze over and my fickle attention flickers away.
Does this apply to all AI-generated text? Don't you use ChatGPT or Claude, and thus read AI-generated text?
Wherever I've seen a pull back, it is all because of compliance or security. And that too not because of the purity of heart; but because some checkbox couldn't be ticked due to AI.
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