Three chapters that form the epistemological foundation for working with AI: the Scissors Gap (why AI makes you feel faster but actually slower), the Five-Layer Framework (what AI can and cannot do), and the Limits of Compression (why time itself carries information that can't be compressed).
The Scissors Gap, Five Layers of Knowledge, and Why Time Can't Be Compressed
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."
— Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (5.6)
I've just completed Part I: Epistemology of a book-length project on working with AI. It comprises three chapters that I believe every knowledge worker — especially in tech — needs to grapple with right now.
Here's the essence.
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