The echo chamber is part of the joy

It’s really easy to forget how deep in the AI echo chamber I am. Being at the epicenter is super fun, and because everyone I know and work with is using AI all the time, it’s hard to remember that this is very much the exception.

Andrej Karpathy’s recipe for becoming an expert (opens in a new tab) has three steps: take on concrete projects and learn on demand, teach or summarize everything you learn in your own words, and only compare yourself to younger you. The middle step is exactly how I feel about working with AI.

Organizing my thoughts well enough to share them with people outside the chamber is a big part of the joy of learning here.