Old Media Finally Wakes Up from a Coma - “Hey, guys”-style getting more mainstream. // Also, long form podcasts.
GEN AI: TOO MUCH SPEND, TOO LITTLE BENEFIT? - Goldman (PDF) - ‘We first speak with Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor at MIT, who’s skeptical. He estimates that only a quarter of AI-exposed tasks will be cost-effective to automate within the next 10 years, implying that AI will impact less than 5% of all tasks. And he doesn’t take much comfort from history that shows technologies improving and becoming less costly over time, arguing that AI model advances likely won’t occur nearly as quickly–or be nearly as impressive–as many believe. He also questions whether AI adoption will create new tasks and products, saying these impacts are “not a law of nature.” So, he forecasts AI will increase US productivity by only 0.5% and GDP growth by only 0.9% cumulatively over the next decade’
Vision and Distortion in Cézanne’s ‘Still Life with Plaster Cupid’ - Good example of art criticism, “how to see,” all that.
Drive Scale And Speed With The Platform Org Model - 59% of respondents have using a platform instead of whole bunch of different platforms as a priority. // Enterprise want the benefits of centralized, standardized IT stacks. Always. DIY platforms and shadow platforms (sprawl od accidental platforms) is often a bad idea. Your platform needs aren’t special, your app needs are. If you focus on platforms, you’ll steal mojo and budget away from those app needs.
Issues for His Prose Style - Picking the right noun as a deep cut mechanic, to show authenticity, and build up a mythos of yourself, and for yourself. // Hemingway’s letters.
The big idea: what do we really mean by free speech? - What “freedom of speech” means to the asshats: “what they actually want is freedom from the consequences of broadcasting their views."
Paul Millerd on AI and writing - This is the response a very pragmatic writer had to AI.
5 Questions to Help Your Team Make Better Decisions - (1) What Would Happen if We Did Nothing? (2) What Could Make Us Regret This Decision? (3) What Alternatives Did We Overlook? (4) How Will We Know If This Was the Right Decision? (5) Is This Decision Reversible?
AI Essentials for Tech Executives – O’Reilly - Good tables translating AI-tech-speak to business outcomes.