Teach you, I will So you've learned enough about AI tools to be dangerous, and now you want to pay it forward. You want to pass that knowledge on and help someone else. Commendable! (as my good friend ChatGPT would say) A Jedi teaches a young Padawan - Adam Lorton & Midjourney Not so fast. Have you ever been bruised, demotivated, or deflated by an abrasive, condescending teacher? Of course you have. We all have. (If we're being honest, most of us have BEEN the abrasive teacher at one point or...
over 1 year ago â˘Â 4 min read
Claude 3 has entered the chat Hello, my name is Claude - Adam Lorton & Midjourney Monday, Anthropic AI made an announcement many thought improbable: they'd shipped a model that outperforms GPT-4 (the model you get when you pay for ChatGPT Plus). GPT-4 has been the undisputed heavyweight champion of large language models (LLMs) for nearly a year. Anthropic @AnthropicAI Today, we're announcing Claude 3, our next generation of AI models. The three state-of-the-art modelsâClaude 3 Opus, Claude 3...
over 1 year ago â˘Â 3 min read
Interesting Observations on LLM Introspection Last week, I ran a ChatGPT training with people who do executive search for a living. As part of the training, we asked ChatGPT to help us develop a process to evaluate a candidate's fit for a role. One thing we asked for was weights -- how much should the interview be worth? How much should assessments be worth? Work sample? Recruiter's notes? This is what ChatGPT suggested: Interview transcript = 40% Recruiter's notes = 25% Resume / CV review =...
over 1 year ago â˘Â 2 min read
Happy Friday! This week, I'm pondering two ideas. Both give a glimpse into our AI-assisted future, but in completely different ways. "An exoskeleton, not a butler" AI Butler, by Adam Lorton & MidJourney Podcaster Copilot (Jake Dahn, Shruggingface.com) Podcaster Copilot is a proof-of-concept spawned from a tweet Peter van Hardenberg @pvh On AI, I want an exoskeleton not a butler. 2:17 PM ⢠Feb 1, 2024 1 Retweets 24 Likes Read 1 replies The core idea here is profound: I don't want my AI to wait...
over 1 year ago â˘Â 2 min read
You can do it I've gotten 31 flavors of this question over the past year: "AI is cool and all, but what are [my industry peers] doing with it? Where is there positive ROI?" The inevitable answer is: I can't tell you that. I haven't talked to your industry peers yet -- I'm talking to you! But I CAN tell you there are micro innovations happening all around you because of AI, and I'm going to start highlighting them. What's more fun? Praying you'll keep up by copying someone else's innovation...
over 1 year ago â˘Â 2 min read
Conceptual, not factual The wise and talented Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman at AI Impact Lab said LLMs are best for âconceptual, not factualâ work. Iâd quietly believed that for months, without ever having the precise words to express it. Iâve made hundreds, maybe thousands of ChatGPT prompts, dozens of GPTs. And to this day, my favorite one ever has about 15 lines total. Itâs name is Clarity Bot. Clarity Bot has one job â ask you questions until you reach clarity. If Clarity Bot were a...
over 1 year ago â˘Â 1 min read
The nerdiest of the nerds A year ago, only the nerdiest of the nerds were talking about AI. Today, AI is the megatrend of the moment. Here are 17 things you can do with AI that would have left you incredulous a year ago. A very surprised turtle by Adam Lorton & DALL-E Four categories: (1) ChatGPT, (2) Image creation, (3) Software development, (4) Music/voice/video ChatGPT 1) For $1 per workday, you can talk to an AI that outscores most humans on hard tests These GPT-4 benchmarks are...
over 1 year ago â˘Â 5 min read
Meetings: Necessary evil or unnecessarily evil? Letâs talk about meetings. Everybody knows the ingredients of an effective meeting. Youâre supposed to have đŞ A meeting owner â˛ď¸ A timekeeper âď¸ A purpose đ Asynchronous preparation đ Detailed notes Everybody knows the ingredients, so why are most meetings still like a clown college alumni reunion? 𤥠𤥠𤥠𤥠Because every ingredient on that list requires discipline. đ¤ This is one of those places where I think AI can really make a dent. AI has...
over 1 year ago â˘Â 1 min read
Your project failed before it started Whatâs more painful? A project that fails for a reason you never saw coming A project that fails for a reason you could have predicted from the beginning Itâs the latter, right? Donât get me wrong. If you saw the failure coming, youâre going to have a great âI told you soâ opportunity. But you know whatâs better than saying âI told you soâ? đ Not failing. But how? â°ď¸ Imagine your project is dead âTemporal perspective + Certaintyâ is what they call it in...
over 1 year ago â˘Â 1 min read
