The Power of AI Isn’t Augmentation, It’s Amplification

When people talk about using AI to augment their own intelligence, they’re missing the real point. While it is certainly a positive move to augment one’s own intelligence, a far more powerful approach is to amplify your own efforts by increasing the number of intelligences working on your behalf. We often ascribe superhuman intelligence to … Continue reading The Power of AI Isn’t Augmentation, It’s Amplification

Prediction: AI will lead to a Cambrian explosion of comics and graphic novels

When a new technology arrives, people often focus on the first-order effects of that technology. These are important, and should be taken into account, but to get ahead of the crowd, consider the second, or even third order effects. This general principle will likely be true about AI as well. A lot of people have … Continue reading Prediction: AI will lead to a Cambrian explosion of comics and graphic novels

Immediacy, Quality, and AI

We live in a world where immediacy has become the cardinal virtue. More and more attention is focusing on real-time communications and messaging, both for consumers and businesses (e.g. Slack). But this focus comes with major implications and consequences. Immediacy delivers on-demand dopamine hits. We get instant gratification, not just because of the content of … Continue reading Immediacy, Quality, and AI