[Weekly Retro] AI as a self-expression tool
#207 - Feb.2025
Hi there!
💡 Here is a quick idea before you head off to the weekend:
“People are tool-builders with an inherent drive to understand and create, which leads to the world getting better for all of us.”
These are Sam Altman's words in his post about three observations on AI.
Humans are creators and builders by nature.
Curiosity is the driving force to understand new things. The problem is that, over time, we limit our curiosity.
We get older, and our experience clouds the genuine drive to say "I don't know".
We ask fewer questions. We see uncertainty as something negative.
Sam Altman might be right when he says that, in a decade, "everyone on earth will be capable of accomplishing more than the most impactful person can today."
But what will really separate the best from the rest is our capacity to bring the hard questions, embrace uncertainty, and leverage the power of AI as a self-expression tool.
🤔 Concept to think about
Goodhart’s Law:
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure"
Is not about the metrics itself; is about accountability and the outcomes that generates. Metrics are proxies for very complex businesses problems, not the end goal.
👨🏻💻 Interesting links
Xinran Ma
The Economist
🖋️ Quote of the week
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something” – Steve Jobs
