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Artificial Intelligence: Scary and Helpful
Commentary magazine: James B. Meigs on "A.I. Yai-Yai."
An excerpt: Does this take on AI strike you as somewhat rote? A bit mechanical even? Well congratulate yourself. You have just demonstrated a skill we will all need to cherish from this day forward: the ability to tell when the person talking to you is actually a machine. Because I did not write the paragraph above. Those serviceable if pedestrian sentiments were generated by ChatGPT after I typed in the prompt: “Please explain why conservatives should embrace AI.” (I condensed it slightly.)
The List
I have started a list of concepts that I've found to be important to leaders, managers, and teams. It will serve as a comprehensive reminder when I am coaching people. The list will also be an important resource in daily business planning.
The list's subjects are described in very few words, often one or two. Nothing is lengthy but everything is important. The entire list is single-spaced.
I'm up to six pages and still going strong.
I recommend the technique, if only as a reminder.
Effective Communication
In the contest of strong wills, Tito held his ground. He had refused to be intimidated by the infinitely more powerful Soviet Union and had shown personal as well as political courage. The Soviet press poured vitriol on him. There were even Soviet attempts to assassinate him. But Tito would not bow to Stalin's bullying. Stalin kept a note from Tito in his desk drawer, found only after his death: 'If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second.'
- From Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe by Ian Kershaw
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