Summoning Software
When GPS-powered smartphones obliterated the barriers for driving a cab, Uber could've sold taxi companies marginal labor. Instead they changed what we expect from transportation. LLMs are teaching the App Store the same lesson.
From the Desk of
Writing
What are computers waiting for?
Our Macs are insanely powerful. It's a shame to see them idly exerting the willpower to wait us out for explicit instructions.
Even Garry wants a faster horse
Increasing user control is a dead end, real progress is computers users aren’t required to trust.
Human-in-the-loop is not a Magic Spell
When you hope for human users, plan for human users from the beginning.
Information Expands in a Repeating Pattern
Predicting the future of information access is trivially boring once you see the unfolding shape of things.
Cutting edges
We need more knives in our digital environments.