Reading path
You build things
For engineers and technical people who don't write software for a living. Start with how the systems work, end with what they mean for the person operating them.
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The reading order
- ✓ [1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language ModelsAbout this work →
The shape of a language model, from someone who built them.
- ✓ Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPTAbout this work →
Open the machine: data, training, tokens, hallucination, reasoning.
- ✓ The Bitter LessonAbout this work →
The founding argument: general methods riding computation win.
- ✓ Guardian Angels: LLM Personalization for Productivity and SecurityAbout this work →
What one careful thinker wants AI to be for a single person — and why chatbots aren't it.
Then follow your interest
What it does to work
- ✓ Centaurs and Cyborgs on the Jagged FrontierAbout this work →
The field experiment on AI and skilled work.
- ✓ The Cyborg Era: What AI means for jobsAbout this work →
The substitution question, taken seriously from both sides.
- ✓ Plentiful, high-paying jobs in the age of AIAbout this work →
Comparative advantage, spelled out.