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Whoa, Vol. 3: Humanmaxxing · Wednesday · 1 hr 10 min

Packy McCormick

We met Packy McCormick many years ago in a group chat for newsletter writers. His newsletter Not Boring had taken off and ours was still small. We asked if he wanted to do a guest piece together, and he said yes. Packy is funny, brilliant, deep, genuine, and one of the best players of the great online game. For as long as we've known him, he’s used his platform to boost others. One of the good guys in tech, in our book. In this conversation, he covers: His theory of differentiation as a moral obligation Why the people building AI make it so hard to love the tech Why he thinks the environmental arguments against AI are bullshit Why AI is oil, not God and lots more… Enjoy :) - Check out the Granola Notes for this conversation ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Follow along on ⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠ This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠Granola⁠⁠⁠, the AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. Use code SUBLIME to get 3 months free. Hosted by Alex Dobrenko, creator of Code for Creatives, a course for creative people learning to build with AI. Apply to Cohort 4 ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Sublime⁠⁠⁠, the inspiration management tool creatives use to collect, connect, and create with their inspiration.

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We met Packy McCormick many years ago in a group chat for newsletter writers. His newsletter Not Boring had taken off and ours was still small. We asked if he wanted to do a guest piece together, and he said yes.

Packy is funny, brilliant, deep, genuine, and one of the best players of the great online game. For as long as we've known him, he’s used his platform to boost others. One of the good guys in tech, in our book.
In this conversation, he covers:

  • His theory of differentiation as a moral obligation

  • Why the people building AI make it so hard to love the tech

  • Why he thinks the environmental arguments against AI are bullshit

  • Why AI is oil, not God

  • and lots more…

Enjoy :)


-

Check out the Granola Notes for this conversation ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

Follow along on ⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠

This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠Granola⁠⁠⁠, the AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. Use code SUBLIME to get 3 months free.

Hosted by Alex Dobrenko, creator of Code for Creatives, a course for creative people learning to build with AI. Apply to Cohort 4 ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

⁠⁠⁠Sublime⁠⁠⁠, the inspiration management tool creatives use to collect, connect, and create with their inspiration.

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