<p>If you’ve ever chosen an ambitious, unconventional, or deeply meaningful aim only to see your plan devolve into something far more run-of-the-mill, this one is for you.</p><p><strong>Footnotes:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://whatworks.fyi/articles/drift-to-low-performance">Read the essay version of this episode.</a></li><li>"<a href="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/801532/ai-smart-home-apple-m5-vergecast">AI Can't Even Turn On the Lights</a>" on <em>The Vergecast</em></li><li><a href="https://openai.com/index/planning-for-agi-and-beyond/">About OpenAI</a></li><li>"<a href="https://thesystemsthinker.com/applying-systems-archetypes/">Applying Systems Archetypes</a>" via <em>The Systems Thinker</em></li><li>Sam Altman saying we've <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1lf6nis/sam_altman_says_definitions_of_agi_from_five/">"surpassed" the definition of AGI</a> from 5 years ago</li><li>More from Tara on AI:<ul><li>"<a href="https://whatworks.fyi/articles/search-engine-ai-chatbot">What is a search engine?</a> Or, Anne Leckie versus the 'Well, Actually' Bros"</li><li>"<a href="https://whatworks.fyi/articles/in-search-of-a-life-thats-fullbut">Always Be Optimizing</a>"</li><li>"<a href="https://whatworks.fyi/articles/black-box-thinking">Black Box Thinking</a>"</li></ul></li></ul> <strong> <a href="http://whatworks.fyi" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast ★">★ Support this podcast ★</a> </strong>

What Works

Tara McMullin

Drifting Toward the Status Quo

OCT 23, 202518 MIN
What Works

Drifting Toward the Status Quo

OCT 23, 202518 MIN

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If you’ve ever chosen an ambitious, unconventional, or deeply meaningful aim only to see your plan devolve into something far more run-of-the-mill, this one is for you.

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