A stronger plea

Author: kneath

handbook/index.md

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 But technology is a tool. And a new tool has come along that is really important. AI, LLMs, Chat GPT — the words aren't important — you know what they are. Recently there have been some breakthroughs that change the rules of the game. **I do not know where this is going.** This isn't some warning of coming apocalypse or impending nirvana. I just know tools create leverage, and this one is coming like nothing else before.
 
-Here's something that feels like a moral imperative for me to communicate: <em class="highlight">the time is now to learn how to use these tools</em>. If you do any kind of knowledge work (research, spreadsheets, anything done on a computer) you need to learn to use these tools. Your other option is to be used by them — there is no opposition position possible. But the world is big! You can learn how to weld, wire up homes, be a good mother, run an excavator, or be a good therapist — there are lots of places that AI isn't going to have as much of an impact right now. What I want to drive home is that right now powerful, greedy people _will_ be using these tools in all lines of knowledge work. Fight fire with fire. Learn these tools and wrap your head around them.
+Here's something that feels like a moral imperative for me to communicate: <em class="highlight">the time is now to learn how to use these tools</em>. If you do any kind of knowledge work — research, spreadsheets, anything done on a computer — you need to learn to use these tools **today**. These tools offer real benefit, they solve real problems. They are also a drug for the mind. They make weak men feel invincible. It makes them believe they are superhuman with what they can accomplish. You need to feel this too. You need to understand how it might be used against you. You need to understand the shape of the future.
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+**Remember:** The world is big! You can learn how to weld, wire up homes, be a good mother, run an excavator, or be a good therapist — there are lots of places that AI isn't going to have as much of an impact right now. What I want to drive home is that right now powerful, greedy people _will_ be using these tools in all lines of knowledge work. Fight fire with fire. Learn these tools and wrap your head around them.
 
 I've created this handbook to help you learn how to use these tools. This isn't about automating your job or any specific end result. I want you to wrap your head around this new technology and learn how to use it for yourself. _Learn how to learn_.