Also with the new AI-powered boost to simple CSS design it doesn’t necessarily need to be a heartbreaking work of staggering genius to justify a bespoke design for any artifact you spend a few days/weeks on. (Though it probably didn’t ever.)
@patio11
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Policy argument form factors designed for viral spread
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… a really interesting form factor for policy arguments (or other ideas) designed to spread.
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Single-Essay Format Trend in AI Discourse Criticism
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I don’t have anything novel to contribute on the substance of http://
ai-2027.com but have to again comment, pace Situational Awareness that I think kicked this trend off, that single-essay microdomains with a bit of design, a bit of JS, and perhaps a downloadable PDF are… -
Boss Refuses Bilingual Vendor Call Request at Tech Company
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Approximately: Me: Boss can you take a call with $VENDOR.
Boss: Why.
Me: He is exacerbated he needs to talk to me.
Boss: What’s his problem.
Me: I think he would prefer someone who speaks Japanese with less of an accent.
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AI Agent Authority: Who Really Makes Service Decisions
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CS Rep: Oh thank you for letting me do that.
Me: The most important part of this lesson, and it is a lesson, is I have not let you do anything. When it hired you the company invested you with its voice and authority. *You* are choosing to expeditiously resolve this for only $75. -
Insurance Policy Market Distortions: Unintended Consequences Debate
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Me: NONE of that is normal! That’s the longest string of unintended consequences and market distortions I have ever heard of in a single insurance policy! Which we expect nearly everyone to be able to reason about!
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Long-term leverage of AI interactions on human decision-making
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This is one reason why I maintain the publicly routable open inbox despite it being a substantial source of stress/work over the years. The T+10 years emails I get are wild reports of leverage on what subjectively could have been me watching a commercial or queuing at a grocery.
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E-commerce productivity gains through scaled product photography automation
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I saw what a midsized e-commerce shop did with a photographer/editor to do scaled product shots back in the day and… this would be an ~unreal productivity improvement. (They were at the point where they had assistants staging clothes to maximize shots per shooting day.)
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Product Development Cycles Accelerating in AI Industry
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(That product development cycle takes about a decade to two historically, though it is shortening, partially due to better technical substrates, partially due to more nimble finance and finance-adjacent firms, and partly due to recent changes in Compliance risk appetite.)
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Alternative Assets Evolution: From Bespoke Contracts to Retail Wrappers
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A spiritually similar evolution is new alternative assets/strategies beginning as bespoke contracts then getting codified then eventually migrating into “wrappers” compatible with use by advisors or retail investors. Private credit, cryptoassets, etc.