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Welcome to the tenth edition of '3-2-1 by Story Rules'.
A newsletter recommending good examples of storytelling across:
Each would be accompanied by my short summary/take and sometimes with an insightful extract.
Let's dive in.
Just get started and you will get the momentum.
Just when you thought that you could take that expensive 'Prompt Engineering' course.
What you see depends on the perspective you take. (Turn your phone 90-degrees clockwise after switching off auto-rotate).
a, Quitters by Scott Galloway
Prof. Galloway makes an impassioned plea to all Americans (though the message is applicable to nations everywhere) to stay and reform broken societies rather than decrying them and looking to secede.
b. A somewhat empirical look at The Magazine Cover Indicator by Brent Donnelly
Magazine covers have a tendency to make bold pronouncements of ongoing trends or the future direction of key sectors (e.g. 'The End of Oil')
This article analyses several magazine covers by 'The Economist' and 'Time' in terms of what would happen if you invested based on the cover prediction. The answer: You'd lose money.
a. Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI
Sam Altman is perhaps one of the most important leaders on the planet right now. In this podcast episode, he comes across as thoughtful and open to changing his mind.
This example makes an interesting case for the continued relevance of the human factor, despite AI's better ability at a task:
And yes, Altman does acknowledge the potential dangers of a super-intelligent AI (emphasis mine):
That's all from this week's edition.
Ravi
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