Chain of Thought

Thinking at the edge of AI, every Friday.

Apr 7, 2023

AI Doomsday For People Who Don’t Wear Fedoras

Should we bomb the GPU clusters? A primer.

Apr 14, 2023

Against Explanations

AI can make progress where science has struggled

Apr 18, 2023

New Course: How to Build a GPT-4 Chatbot

Create your own personal knowledge assistant in 30 days

Apr 21, 2023

A Few Things I Believe About AI

Taking time for a 10,000 foot perspective

Apr 28, 2023

AI and the Future of Programming

An interview with Replit co-founder Amjad Masad

May 5, 2023

AI Is Transforming Media Forever, Here’s How

Dispatches from the frontier of technology and the written word

May 12, 2023

Does GPT-4 Know Me Better Than My Girlfriend?

A dangerous question with fascinating answers

May 19, 2023

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of 1-1 Learning

How to learn anything 98% better than average

May 26, 2023

What I Learned Teaching 100 People To Code with AI

I guess I’m a programming teacher now

Jun 9, 2023

The Most Important WWDC Announcement That You Missed

Apple has a shot at solving the mental health crisis

Jun 16, 2023

GPT-4 Can Use Tools Now—That’s a Big Deal

What "function calling" is, how it works, and what it means

Jun 23, 2023

What I Do When I Can’t Sleep

AI, insomnia, and the articulation of taste

Jul 14, 2023

The Optimal Level of Optimization

Lessons on goal maximization from machine learning

Jul 19, 2023

Can AI and ML Predict Depression?

An interview with researcher Dr. Eiko Fried

Jul 21, 2023

What Comes After SaaS?

Bespoke apps for everyone—customized by AI

Aug 4, 2023

Personality Simulation Is Coming

What it means when an LLM can accurately model you

Aug 11, 2023

How to Develop Your Taste for New Technologies

A close encounter with GrimesAI

Sep 8, 2023

Admitting What Is Obvious

I’m a writer—what are you?

Sep 15, 2023

Using ChatGPT Custom Instructions for Fun and Profit

How to 10x ChatGPT with personalized answers

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

Sep 29, 2023

Wanted: High Performers for the Last Job You’ll Ever Have

Train an AI to replace yourself. Salary paid and profits shared indefinitely.

Oct 6, 2023

AI-assisted Decision-making

How to use ChatGPT to master the best of what other people have figured out

Oct 13, 2023

You’re a Developer Now

ChatGPT is a creative power-up for builders—and you should use it

Feb 10, 2023

How to Build a Chatbot with GPT-3

A step-by-step guide