tag > Communication
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BLUF (bottom line up front) - the practice of beginning a message with its key information
Military professionals use BLUF to send over-written messages, mostly emails. It declares the decision/question right away, and THEN explains the background and context that supports it.
The BLUF should quickly answer the five W’s: who, what, where, when, and why. An effective BLUF distills the most important information for the reader. (Sehgal, 2016)
That's because the reader doesn't necessarily want to know the whole context, but they NEED to know the decision/information.
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Generative AI is fueling a communication revolution, the media artefacts are just fun side effects. It will fundamentally redefine how people express themselves and relate to each other. For example, translate will expand from lingo2lingo now, to complex cultural context2context
Communication patterns around the world
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Generative Doubt
After years of working with ML-generated text, I've developed a peculiar instinct: When hearing certain people speak, I can't shake the nagging suspicion that they might secretly be a poorly calibrated language model masquerading as a human.
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Friendly & helpful bots suck
I've really had enough of all these "friendly & helpful" personal assistant chat LLMs. They're pushing us toward an insipid, dystopian version of human communication. Give me an unrefined, foul-mouthed but authentic bot over this sanitized conformity any day. We deserve better!
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As powerful language is, it is a limited & limiting form of communication. Case in point: After a heated fight, try giving someone a hug & simply being silent - VS keep talking. The difference is dramatic. It's no accident that most life on earth prefers embodied communication.
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Open-source fundamentally changes the dynamics of competition
Open-source fundamentally changes the dynamics of competition: In the closed-source world, competitor relationships are defined by intense fighting & secrecy. In open-source, competitors can be far more collaborative and transparent, escaping zero-sum game traps.
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We're approaching a critical juncture in human communication. In the next few years, artificial neural networks will play a crucial role in mediating the majority of our interactions.
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"Vom Beobachten des Beobachters der Beobachter"- Friedrich Dürrenmatt
"From observing the observer's observers"
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One of the most important insights gained in the past years is that Plants, Animals and Spaces often have far more interesting things to say, than people and their endless opinions.
