I love everything about this except the IKEA mixup. It’s way too Swedish and the Norwegians are always fast to distinguish themselves from Swedes. Is that another AI feedback loop? Most of the world can’t tell Scandinavians apart - and so AI generalizes Scandinavians - further enhancing the stereotypes. It’s not superimportant and AI is such a good sounding board but I wonder if we sometimes lean too heavily on it for research? It’s right enough amount of times for me to forget that it also gets stuff wrong with an aggressive confidence.
Oh wow>>> Thank you SO SO much for catching that. I’m typically American and … well, you explained it. I really just came up with it myself. Now I need to find a typically Norwegian way to do diagrams. (That’ll still be funny.) Thank you.
It’s this “centaur” approach of man and machine working in tandem bouncing ideas off each other like a true partnership that shows how AI can impact and improve writer efficiency
I gotta say: I think the concept that the major nations of the world are going to accept some emoji images related to waste disposal as a legal contract without questioning it seems extremely doubtful.
Not to mention that the US has a history of breaking contracts on a whim. Ask Iran about the JCPOA.
If the story is going to cover that contract breaking, it might make sense. Otherwise, unless this is a comedy story (where anything goes), I don't buy it.
Of course, the main point is that the AI is providing useful background information and concepts related to the story - and not the story itself. Which is fine. That's exactly how you'd want it to be used.
I love everything about this except the IKEA mixup. It’s way too Swedish and the Norwegians are always fast to distinguish themselves from Swedes. Is that another AI feedback loop? Most of the world can’t tell Scandinavians apart - and so AI generalizes Scandinavians - further enhancing the stereotypes. It’s not superimportant and AI is such a good sounding board but I wonder if we sometimes lean too heavily on it for research? It’s right enough amount of times for me to forget that it also gets stuff wrong with an aggressive confidence.
Anyway, sorry for rambling. Great newsletter!
Oh wow>>> Thank you SO SO much for catching that. I’m typically American and … well, you explained it. I really just came up with it myself. Now I need to find a typically Norwegian way to do diagrams. (That’ll still be funny.) Thank you.
It’s this “centaur” approach of man and machine working in tandem bouncing ideas off each other like a true partnership that shows how AI can impact and improve writer efficiency
Great way to phrase it, Jon. Thanks.
Cool to see you "Working outloud"!
Thanks… I’m going to basically do the entire novel that way…
I gotta say: I think the concept that the major nations of the world are going to accept some emoji images related to waste disposal as a legal contract without questioning it seems extremely doubtful.
Not to mention that the US has a history of breaking contracts on a whim. Ask Iran about the JCPOA.
If the story is going to cover that contract breaking, it might make sense. Otherwise, unless this is a comedy story (where anything goes), I don't buy it.
Of course, the main point is that the AI is providing useful background information and concepts related to the story - and not the story itself. Which is fine. That's exactly how you'd want it to be used.