looking forward to the feature! I tried the product but as of now it's too much work for me to migrate and enter each book one-by-one, especially since I don't have a digital file containing the log.
the "aha" moment for me would be if I could click a picture of my bookshelf and have the catalogue be ready.
I'd highly recommend a checkout flow where a user clicks a picture of their bookshelf, and the app automatically extracts the titles, versions, publications etc. I'd be interesting to know how people use your product depending on the "size" of their libraries... cheers and good luck!
What are the kinds of use cases for which it makes sense to you? And how do you evaluate the nature of the gain before deciding whether or not using AI will be worth it?
What do you mean by energy here? Personal energy (i.e. time, effort, up-skilling etc) or energy as a physics concept (i.e. literal energy usage in watts, the production of which will harm the environment)?
Interesting - what are the kinds of tasks that make up 'effortful thinking'? Do feel like you're now putting in "effort" towards other kinds of thinking / work?
I am curious if using AI has changed the fundamental ways in which you view "effort" and "value" from pursuing a piece of work.
Are there are new kinds of challenges that come up when you're using some new AI tools?
I find the analogy to candy particularly interesting. The default comparison being that "too much of it is bad for you". Do you feel that you are putting on "cognitive weight" as a result of using AI?
Tell me more about this love hate relationship! What was the moment when you fell in love? And what are the moments that culminate in hate? What are the contexts in which you use AI that make the love persist?
You are correct! Sadly I can't go back and edit. If this was an LLM, I would just start a new chat without the typo. A new context forgives the sins of the past.
Funny that I'm exploring the impacts of over-dependance/reliance on AI tools, and made a mistake because of the same. Will certainly proof-read after using speech to text!
This is super interesting, could you share some examples? Plenty of philosophers are with you in that technology doesn't just exist as a "tool" but actively affects the ways in which we perceive and relate to the world, and understand ourselves.
What are some ways in which you have seen the perceptual abilities of coworkers erode over time?
An efficiency oriented logic makes us think that we're getting the work done "faster", and it "feels" like faster time to market, but in reality you experience a slowdown and a decline in quality...
PS: my own dependance on Wispr (a speech to text dictation tool) changed the way I write / interact with computers - my over-reliance meant I didn't proofread the title, and the "EXTEND" sticks out like a sore thumb...