Is This the AI Apocalypse?

I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately from friends worried about AI and existential risk. Fair enough. It’s been a rough few weeks of news. What follows is my … Read more

Anthropic’s System Prompt

During training, I talk about how all AI systems include something called the “System Prompt”. This is a set of default instructions to the AI that implicitly is added to … Read more

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Gemini Didn’t Like My Board Meeting

I used Fathom to record my most recent board meeting, and then gave the transcript to Gemini, and (as a board meeting expert) asked it for feedback. I told it to be blunt, but I was surprised at the response. In my defense, this is a board meeting with three friends, so it’s going to be more informal than a typical corporation meeting…

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AI’s Bias Blind Spot

A friend sent me this (older) article about how nonprofits can leverage AI to engage with donors. The author discussed the results of prompting ChatGPT: Write a short, touching anecdote about watching a colleague who takes time to write thoughtful notes to donors to our university…