Wisereads Vol. 73 — Altman’s Reflections, Steinbeck’s Cup of Gold, and More - Readwise Highlights

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  • Author: [[hello@readwise.io (Readwise)]]
  • Full Title: Wisereads Vol. 73 — Altman’s Reflections, Steinbeck’s Cup of Gold, and More
  • Category: articles
  • Summary: This week, Wisereads highlights John Steinbeck’s first novel, Cup of Gold, which has recently entered the public domain in the U.S. OpenAI founder Sam Altman reflects on the impact of ChatGPT and predicts advancements in AI by 2025. Additionally, a TED-Ed video explains that any amount of walking is beneficial for health, challenging the idea that you must walk 10,000 steps daily.
  • URL: https://wise.readwise.io/issues/wisereads-vol-73/

Highlights

  • We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents ‘join the workforce’ and materially change the output of companies. We continue to believe that iteratively putting great tools in the hands of people leads to great, broadly-distributed outcomes.” (View Highlight)
  • all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber. (View Highlight)
  • “You don’t understand what ‘first principles’ really mean until you listen to a physicist reasoning. It’s about going to the end of the world chasing a chain of ‘whys’ (View Highlight)