I see lots of articles on how many tokens you are using to accomplish your task. The tradeoff is whether you are learning at the same time that your token use is skyrocketing. If you are beautiful, if not, I have questions. Don’t give up your learning for a few token counts – iterate, research, read, improve – those are tokens we’ve been consuming all along.
Grit. Sweat. Impostor Syndrome. Perseverance. Desire. Fear. Persistence. We read a great deal of what AI can do and what it does have, but we don’t highlight what it doesn’t have and will always be impossible to have. Some of these might be seen as bad traits – Fear, Impostor Syndrome – but look deep, and they are probably what have driven you to success in many of your endeavours.
The weather gets warmer. The sun comes out. And the urge to clean comes out. Windows and doors are open. Boots and heavy jackets are put away. It’s the time of year for renewal. It can apply to your house, your job, your role, and your current project. No one ever complained about Spring Cleaning!
AI will give you steps on how to lead people, but it’s not in there doing the hard work, the in-the-trenches work, the back and forth with the team member who is struggling. It’s not in their thinking about how to motivate them, and looking at how they acted, what their body language was, the tone of their voice, or everything going on in their life. Yes, AI is going to give you suggestions, plans,…
10,000 hours of effort do not happen in one day. Your token consumption is not an adequate metric of how long it takes for you to accomplish your work. There are things in life that are designed and meant to take a long time to get there and figure them out. After drawing for 10ish years, I’ve finally found the pencil I like the most to work with – the right weight, feel, and lead…