Interesting ideas & developments
Tribal "Thinking," artificial intelligence, SVB, Writing Tips & more
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👇🏻

What else can GPT-4 do?
It can help anyone create Chrome extensions without any experience.👇🏻


Or help discover new medicines that are cheaper and better.👇🏻


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


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.👇