Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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There is a whole resurgence of photo sharing and it is all based on creating a natively mobile experience (as opposed to adding mobile as an after thought). This is interesting two reasons. First, photo sharing is of course one of the most common activities on Facebook. Second, as I noted in a recent post on mobile opportunities, there is a big behavioral shift underway with people leaving their cameras at home and using their phones instead. So if a startup succeeds wildly here they will be influential.
Dave Morin’s Path is taking one extreme approach of being “anti-viral” and thightly limiting sharing. I have not seen the Path app but am basing that on Liz Gannes write-up http://networkeffect.allthingsd.com/20101114/path-the-social-app-thats-not-viral-by-design
Instagram on the other hand is all about open publishing and viral adoption. It has been maligned by some for the “degradation” of images through filters. I happen to think that’s a feature of great interest. Not only does it make use of the distributed processing power in the phones, but it lets people turn a mundane shot into something they feel good about sharing.
Between these two bookends there is a ton of room for innovation and this is something to watch with great interest. The amount of experimentation going on is reason alone to be excited!
P.S. Sorry for the paucity of links - am on my way to the airport
There is a whole resurgence of photo sharing and it is all based on creating a natively mobile experience (as opposed to adding mobile as an after thought). This is interesting two reasons. First, photo sharing is of course one of the most common activities on Facebook. Second, as I noted in a recent post on mobile opportunities, there is a big behavioral shift underway with people leaving their cameras at home and using their phones instead. So if a startup succeeds wildly here they will be influential.
Dave Morin’s Path is taking one extreme approach of being “anti-viral” and thightly limiting sharing. I have not seen the Path app but am basing that on Liz Gannes write-up http://networkeffect.allthingsd.com/20101114/path-the-social-app-thats-not-viral-by-design
Instagram on the other hand is all about open publishing and viral adoption. It has been maligned by some for the “degradation” of images through filters. I happen to think that’s a feature of great interest. Not only does it make use of the distributed processing power in the phones, but it lets people turn a mundane shot into something they feel good about sharing.
Between these two bookends there is a ton of room for innovation and this is something to watch with great interest. The amount of experimentation going on is reason alone to be excited!
P.S. Sorry for the paucity of links - am on my way to the airport
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