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Tribal "Thinking," artificial intelligence, SVB, Writing Tips & more

Ernie Svenson
Mar 17
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Here are a few interesting articles, updates, and recommendations, starting with…

GPT-4 updates

The founder of DoNotPay has been disrupting the legal industry for years, and yesterday he announced on Twitter👇🏻

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Joshua Browder @jbrowder1
DoNotPay is working on using GPT-4 to generate "one click lawsuits" to sue robocallers for $1,500. Imagine receiving a call, clicking a button, call is transcribed and 1,000 word lawsuit is generated. GPT-3.5 was not good enough, but GPT-4 handles the job extremely well:
7:11 PM ∙ Mar 14, 2023
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What else can GPT-4 do?

It can help anyone create Chrome extensions without any experience.👇🏻

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Jake Browatzke 🚀 @jakebrowatzke
Holy crap! With GPT-4's help and no previous coding experience I just made my first Google Chrome extension in a few hours. GPT-4 walked me step by step thru the entire creation process, writing the code and fixing all errors that came up. The simple extension translates the… https://t.co/8IC1ZtLrnC
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5:54 AM ∙ Mar 15, 2023
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Or help discover new medicines that are cheaper and better.👇🏻

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Dan Shipper 📧 @danshipper
GPT-4 does drug discovery. Give it a currently available drug and it can: - Find compounds with similar properties - Modify them to make sure they're not patented - Purchase them from a supplier (even including sending an email with a purchase order) https://t.co/qBX8Bm92Dv
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6:38 PM ∙ Mar 14, 2023
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SVB Related Commentary

Shaan Puri had first hand experience of the SVP bank debacle and he led with this snarky tweet.

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Shaan Puri @ShaanVP
First FTX now SVB… Nothing is safe. I’m moving my entire net worth into Starbucks gift cards.
7:17 PM ∙ Mar 9, 2023
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  • Puri’s longer take in this article is worth reading for its even greater level of informative snark).

  • Another post came from Noah Smith in: SVB and the Fed: Charting a course between inflation and bank failures.

Writing Tips from A.I. & Humans

  • In One Useful Thing, a Substack newsletter by Ethan Mollick, he shared a helpful writing tip involving GPT: How to… use Al to unstick yourself. When writing, we often lose momentum because of something small but, in those situations, he says, A.I. can help.

  • Also worth reading: importance of good editing, by Margaret Atwood (e.g. fighting over colons and getting hit by a truck 😳)

Tribal “Thinking”

  • The politicization of everyday life, examined by an erudite British fellow.

And, speaking of polarization…

  • This post by Clifton Roscoe on Glenn Loury’s Substack is worth checking out: Criminal Justice after Peak Woke

Security Tips

The more we know about security the less vulnerable we are. Here’s a good security tip from my friend Ben Schorr.👇

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Ben M. Schorr @bschorr
Detectives warn about card reader skimmers at self-checkout lanes and ATMs in western WA buff.ly/3Ll5B25 < It's not clear if these skimmers can intercept taps as well as swipes, but whenever possible tap instead of swiping. It's probably safer..
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12:23 PM ∙ Mar 14, 2023

And finally, if you’re hungry you might be interested in…

Cooking Delicious Food

  • Here’s an easy recipe for pork and kimchi with tahini-jang sauce

That’s it for this week. I hope you have a great weekend.

😉

Ernie

P.S. And here’s an astute observation from the late, great George Carlin.👇

"You show me something that doesn't cause cancer and I'll show you something that isn't on the market yet." — George Carlin.

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