Dan Shipper

Dan is the CEO and cofounder of Every. Every week he explores the frontiers of AI in his column, Chain of Thought, and on his podcast, AI & I.

Apr 2, 2024

The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the Allocation Economy

In the age of AI, every maker becomes a manager

Jan 26, 2024

ChatGPT Unlocks the Most Powerful Force on Earth

It increases human coordination

Oct 22, 2021

What is underneath productivity?

I’ve been obsessing about productivity for a long time. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about tools for thought and second brains. Bu

Aug 30, 2024

OpenAI’s New Model, Strawberry, Explained

ChatGPT’s next big evolution lies in its ability to solve the ‘strawberry’ problem

Sep 22, 2023

Great Artists Steal (With LLMs)

You can only steal what you can find—and AI lets you find exactly what you need

Jun 2, 2023

Please Make a Better Kindle

It could be 10x better, here’s how

Apr 7, 2023

AI Doomsday For People Who Don’t Wear Fedoras

Should we bomb the GPU clusters? A primer.

May 28, 2022

Perfectionism: Why and How to Beat It

A Guide to Doing Great Work without Fixating on Flawlessness

Jul 14, 2023

The Optimal Level of Optimization

Lessons on goal maximization from machine learning

Apr 20, 2022

How I Tamed Panic

A Comprehensive Guide to an Unfortunate Experience

Nov 11, 2022

AI and the Age of the Individual

When intelligence is cheap individuals win

Jul 26, 2022

You Grow from Your Edges

A review of Standing at the Edge

Apr 28, 2023

AI and the Future of Programming

An interview with Replit co-founder Amjad Masad

Oct 27, 2023

ChatGPT Is the Best Journal I’ve Ever Used

My slow and steady progression to living out the plot of the movie 'Her'

Apr 1, 2024

What I Do When I Can’t Sleep

AI, insomnia, and the articulation of taste

Jun 18, 2024

Introducing Spiral

A powerful prompt builder that automates 80 percent of repetitive writing, thinking, and decision-making tasks

Dec 8, 2023

Will Google’s Bard Be a Destination Chatbot?

Why it could succeed or fail—and what that means for the future of AI chatbots

Dec 15, 2020

Tasting Notes with Robin Sloan

The bestselling novelist shares his recipe for taking notes that spark novels.

Nov 9, 2020

Peter Boyce is a People Person

How a top venture capitalist uses Airtable to build a Personal CRM

May 31, 2024

How Language Models Work

A 100-percent jargon-free guide

Jan 15, 2022

Beware of Pet Explanations

A few weeks ago, I was out shopping in SoHo when I was gripped by the sensation that everything was about to go horribly wrong. I am not a s

Apr 26, 2024

What Can Language Models Actually Do?

Part one: Language models as text compressors

Nov 10, 2023

A Day at the Center of the AI Boom

In San Francisco, there’s one rule to live by: layer up

May 10, 2024

ChatGPT and the Future of the Human Mind

AI is a lever that becomes a lens