Lenny Distilled

Technology demands responsible stewardship

Strategy → Policy & Ethics

I do believe technology is a net positive for humanity, but I think every technology is a double-edged sword. If we're not doing the right thing as a society, as individuals, we can screw this up as well.

Dr. Fei-Fei LiThe Godmother of AI on jobs, robots & why world models are next
Supporting

I think the duty is to make it awesome and to do the work, talk to experts, figure out how good it really is, where it breaks down, communicate that.

Nick TurleyInside ChatGPT: The fastest growing product in history
With caveats

What if you feed derivatives into the RAG piece? Generate 10 derivatives, put that into RAG, summarize that. What happens is there's a wisdom of the crowd. You essentially converge on one opinion. You'll basically take the wisdom of the crowd and that will shrink and you'll have a single opinion on everything, which is really bad.

Ethan SmithThe ultimate guide to AEO: How to get ChatGPT to recommend your product