Ha. One of my fate-placed train buddies even got a job at OpenAI after we spoke for 4 hours about the future of AI, finance, and the government. Referred him. He's been there over a year. Can't stand talking to people on flights. Trains are lovely. Everyone else can join the
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ChatGPT adoption among US adults and practical workplace applications
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Only 34% of US adults have used ChatGPT, according to Pew Research. Woman next to me on the train uses ChatGPT for her work as a therapist, mostly research, small tasks, and rewriting emails – showed her GPTs, image prompting in Sora (she wanted design ideas for her parents
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AI-Generated Influencers: Ethics Behind Engineered Personalities
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We’ve had AI-generated influencers for years. I’ve always hated them. Not because they’re AI, but because I always think of the human(s) behind the screen and get creeped out that they took the time to engineer a personality that isn’t theirs to better “manipulate” (even in a
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AI Replaceability and Human Quality in Research Work
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Maybe an instance of disproportionate applicability and replaceability. High in terms of research (needle in the haystack, source finding, source exploration), low in terms of human quality, verification, sourcing. The other side has a strange one as well – massage therapists
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Microsoft Research Paper on AI Now Available Online
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Microsoft’s AI Applicability Ranking: 40 Most and Least Affected Jobs
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Microsoft just released their list of the 40 jobs most AI-applicable and the 40 jobs least AI-applicable. This list may have overlap with replaceability and job transformation. (Phlebotomists, you've got nothing to worry about.)
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Microsoft Study Shows AI Limits Physical Tasks vs Coaching
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New @Microsoft paper analyzed 200,000 Copilot conversations. Because of lower trust, under-performance, or lack of physical embodiment, AI is much more likely to train, coach, teach, or advise than, say, investigate a car accident or run a 100y dash. >> If you do things on
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Author Removes Em-Dashes Due to AI Concerns
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A publisher friend just told me an author removed all em-dashes from her manuscript because of AI. I follow several linguists on TikTok and Instagram, plus have a lot of friends in the writing space. We’re just barely scratching the surface on the impact of AI on everyday
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Why AI Labs Delay Model Releases: Safety and Strategy
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You can interpret any AI lab’s delay in model or system release to be due to safety evals, risk concerns, production gaps, rollout friction, leadership hesitancy, or strategic value hoarding. Could be one of these, could be many. Worth keeping an open mind about causes.
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Free AI-First Masterclass for Business Professionals
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Free AI-First masterclass for business professionals starting in 5 minutes! See you all there