Overthinking the Future Episode IV Why Google's AI Overviews being so horribly wrong is O.K. Ok, so, here's what happened. During their annual developer conference called I/O, Google released a new feature called "AI overviews." When you search on Google, apart from the regular search results, you also get an AI-generated summary at the top. This summary provides the gist of what you're looking for based on the search results. Some people even claimed that this feature will kill Perplexity,...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Overthinking the Future Episode III Is a world where superintelligence exists fun? I recently started thinking about superintelligence, and I'm not sure if I want us to build it. I'm still processing my thoughts, but it's a feeling that started growing as I thought about various future scenarios where superintelligence exists. This episode's main text ended up being a lot longer than I thought, so instead of making the email super long, I made it a full post on my website. It's the first...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Overthinking the Future Episode II Where's my flying car?! Calvin and Hobbes, December 1989 ©️ I'm reading Hall's "Where is my flying car?" and the introduction made me think a lot. If you compare planes in 1910 with 1960, they're on a totally different tier of technological magnificence. A plane from the 60s looks almost identical to one from 2010. Wright Model B, 1910 (left). Boeing 707, 1958 (middle). Boeing 787, 2011 (right). It may sound normal to us that we don't have flying cars yet,...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Overthinking the Future Episode I Welcome to Overthinking the Future! A newsletter which will feature deep dives into things that will shape our world, focusing on tech, science, and AI. I have awesome ideas around it, but I won't tell you just in case I end up overthinking and not doing them 😬. When I'm too lazy to do the actual research (like today), you will at least get curated nuggets from the internet and beyond! As a bonus, I will be sharing my best tips on note taking, AI tools, and...
4 months ago • 1 min read