This post echoes touches on the exact two themes that animated a conversation with a colleague yesterday — AI and the future of universities. Good timing. On AI, I’d be so curious to hear your go-to tools and uses right now (or maybe you’ve covered this in another post?). I feel utterly behind-the-curve.
ChatGPT is my default. I use Claude for writing/editing. And I use Gemini when I'm taking information from the web and adding it to a Google Doc or Sheet. Some use cases from the past couple of days:
"You're an editor for The New Yorker. Give me five points of feedback to improve the following essay."
"Here is my LinkedIn profile and here is the LinkedIn profile of X. What are good conversation starters?"
"Organize the information from this webpage into a spreadsheet" (with more detail about the row and column headers
"What are the different symptoms and treatments of food poisoning versus salmonella" 😔
"How long should you wait to exercise after food poisoning?"
"What are technological innovations that took longer to develop than expected?"
"What are technological innovations that arrived sooner than expected?"
"I like road cycling, coffee, art, seafood, and walking around town. Give me an itinerary for three days in Girona, Spain."
Those are some of my more general and less embarrassing prompts from the past couple of days. Here's what ChatGPT told me to do on the first afternoon in Girona:
Day 1: Exploring the City and Art
Morning:
• Breakfast: Start your day with coffee and pastries at La Fabrica Girona, a popular café among cyclists.
• Walking Tour: Stroll through the Old Town (Barri Vell), visiting the Cathedral of Girona and its impressive Gothic architecture. Don’t miss the Arab Baths and the picturesque Onyar River with its colorful houses.
Afternoon:
• Lunch: Head to Rocambolesc Gelateria for a light lunch and some of the best gelato in town.
• Art and Culture: Visit the Museu d’Art de Girona to explore its extensive collection of Catalan art. Afterward, take a walk to the Cinema Museum, dedicated to the history of cinema.
Evening:
• Dinner: Enjoy seafood at Restaurant Nu, known for its innovative dishes and modern Catalan cuisine.
So I recently watched this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uC1PA2PVbE] about the 'truth' about flight MH370 in which they talk about the potential and very likely possibility of super advanced technology that exists beyond our (aka general public) knowledge. It's worth a full undivided watch/listen - I've been thinking about all kinds of potential technologies that are just beyond our horizon.. the kinda stuff to keep you on the toilet longer than you need to be.
This post echoes touches on the exact two themes that animated a conversation with a colleague yesterday — AI and the future of universities. Good timing. On AI, I’d be so curious to hear your go-to tools and uses right now (or maybe you’ve covered this in another post?). I feel utterly behind-the-curve.
ChatGPT is my default. I use Claude for writing/editing. And I use Gemini when I'm taking information from the web and adding it to a Google Doc or Sheet. Some use cases from the past couple of days:
"You're an editor for The New Yorker. Give me five points of feedback to improve the following essay."
"Here is my LinkedIn profile and here is the LinkedIn profile of X. What are good conversation starters?"
"Organize the information from this webpage into a spreadsheet" (with more detail about the row and column headers
"What are the different symptoms and treatments of food poisoning versus salmonella" 😔
"How long should you wait to exercise after food poisoning?"
"What are technological innovations that took longer to develop than expected?"
"What are technological innovations that arrived sooner than expected?"
"I like road cycling, coffee, art, seafood, and walking around town. Give me an itinerary for three days in Girona, Spain."
Those are some of my more general and less embarrassing prompts from the past couple of days. Here's what ChatGPT told me to do on the first afternoon in Girona:
Day 1: Exploring the City and Art
Morning:
• Breakfast: Start your day with coffee and pastries at La Fabrica Girona, a popular café among cyclists.
• Walking Tour: Stroll through the Old Town (Barri Vell), visiting the Cathedral of Girona and its impressive Gothic architecture. Don’t miss the Arab Baths and the picturesque Onyar River with its colorful houses.
Afternoon:
• Lunch: Head to Rocambolesc Gelateria for a light lunch and some of the best gelato in town.
• Art and Culture: Visit the Museu d’Art de Girona to explore its extensive collection of Catalan art. Afterward, take a walk to the Cinema Museum, dedicated to the history of cinema.
Evening:
• Dinner: Enjoy seafood at Restaurant Nu, known for its innovative dishes and modern Catalan cuisine.
Yum. Can't wait!
So helpful, thank you. (I hope the food poisoning episode is over!)
So I recently watched this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uC1PA2PVbE] about the 'truth' about flight MH370 in which they talk about the potential and very likely possibility of super advanced technology that exists beyond our (aka general public) knowledge. It's worth a full undivided watch/listen - I've been thinking about all kinds of potential technologies that are just beyond our horizon.. the kinda stuff to keep you on the toilet longer than you need to be.
That's a 1:20 video! I hope it wasn't a public bathroom! 😉