Zara Zhang

This paper gives a fancy name to a problem you can already feel in your bones "The Tragedy of the Cognitive Commons." Checking AI output requires deep expertise. Deep expertise comes from doing grunt work for years. And grunt work is the first thing AI eats So we're building systems that need expe…

Agency is the most important human quality The world will try to box you, label you, define you Resist that

Contrary to popular perception, most people will not adopt a new technology just because it makes them more efficient. Instead, they’ll adopt new technology because: - Someone they know who’s similar to them on some dimension adopted the technology, and got positive results (eg became cooler, riche…

Great video made with almost zero budget!

How to judge if a meeting is efficient: An efficient meeting has no to-do list left behind, because all the actions are done DURING the meeting (either by agents who listen to the meeting in real time or by humans) The gap between saying and doing should be zero, and meetings become work sessions …