koshyjohn

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by koshyjohn 5mo ago
Ironically making the case for the thesis of the piece - what happens when you let A.I. do all the thinking instead of exercising competent judgement. Disclaimers and leaving real thought to others do not make it much better. Pangram is con
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by koshyjohn 5mo ago
Great question! I had A.I. critique what I wrote and wherever it gave me suggestions like “this sentence runs too long”, “this can be more punchy”, etc., I considered what it would tell me and chose to change direction if I thought it was w
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by koshyjohn 5mo ago
Thank you for sharing this. We are all less rational than we imagine ourselves to be, even if we're hyper-critical of ourselves and exercise a lot of intellectual humility.
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by koshyjohn 5mo ago
The better question may be "What value did that person acting as a glorified front-end for Claude create?" (vs. what they were expected to).
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by koshyjohn 5mo ago
> Is the author actually claiming that that person must not deliver any results beyond their 10 units? No, I'm claiming that if someone or something else produced your 10 units of work, you better be able to verify that those 10 uni
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by koshyjohn 5mo ago
100% agree. The key difference now though is that it's no longer 'swim or sink immediately' situation - which used to be a forcing function against intellectual laziness where it was a choice.
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by koshyjohn 5mo ago
> "not doing cognitive push-ups leads to cognitive atrophy" This is one of the points being made in the post, at least in reference to people who already have some mastery of their craft. If they outsource their thinking withou
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AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it(koshyjohn.com)
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