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Natural General Intelligence (opens the original)
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A farmer applies fertiliser to a field, rain carries some of it into a river, and downstream it contributes to an algal bloom. Understanding each step separately only gets us so far when the consequences travel across the whole system.<img alt="" class="sizing-norm
Own the Harness, Rent the Model (opens the original)
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Unleashing Creativity (opens the original)
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I’m pretty bad at coming up with games to play with the kids. My brain just doesn’t work that way. But recently I found something that we both love doing: creating AI-generated cartoons. The kids come up with the story, they’re the main character, and I create it with Higgsfield. It takes 5-10 minutes and at the end they are absolutely delighted. Here’s a short example where my son asked for a cartoon in which he goes to the park with a T-Rex and they go on the swings together:I can’t wait to cr
Grok Bot wins the first 15 seconds (opens the original)
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In 2013, Scott Belsky wrote about “the first 15 seconds” of a product. People are lazy, vain, and selfish so you need to delight them in the first 15 seconds or you’ll fail. Every personal agent product until now involved configuration and setup. If you speak with a developer, they’ll tell you Hermes is the best overall across customisability and user experience. That’s true, but it still requires an investment to set up - it’s hours, not seconds. <div class="captio
Enjoy the Ride (opens the original)
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As the online world becomes more intense, we need ways to decompress together in person. Build relationships with real people in the real world. After starting Frontier in Feb, we started inviting talented people into Airtree’s office for lunch on Fridays. Now it’s my favourite hour of the week. One of Airtree’s values is “Enjoy the Ride”. I want to start living up to this newsletter’s name (and enjoying the ride myself) by making more connections between people this year. Not networking. Just h
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