Reflections on Hope and Athens | The Future Reorganizes Around What's True | A World Appears, by Michael Pollan | Conversation with Pedro Serôdio
Dave and I are both still reflecting on our week in Athens at the AI and Democracy Marathon which was
Stay Human: Authoring Your Mind in the AI Age
A practical guide to remaining the author of your own mind. How to use AI without losing the capacities that make you human — your judgment, your creativity, your sense of self.
8 chapters
7. Knowing the Mind You're Working With
AI builds its model of you from what you type. But only the people who've watched you live can see what you hide from yourself.
6. The Roles That Change You
When we put AI into different roles, it changes how we use it. In this Chapter, the ones that change your sense of identity.
4. The Journey People Take
We move through five different places with AI: The Wake Up, The Groove, The Merge, The Breaking, The Rebuild.
2. The Right to a Future Tense
AI fills the gap when you don't know what you want. Most of us are still working that out — and that's okay.
1. Our Story
This is the story of how I kept the AI and dropped the humans, what it taught me, and how you can stay the author of your own mind with AI.