i've been playing with it for a week or so and it's already my go-to model. it's fast, agentic, extremely smart, and has great vibes.
some of my top use cases:
- it flagged every single time I sidestepped conflict in my meeting transcripts
- it spun up a bite‑size ML course that it pings me about every morning
- it found a stroller brand from one blurry photo
- it coded a new custom AI benchmark in record time
- X‑rayed an Annie Dillard classic and found writing tricks I’d never noticed before
- it even analyzed @every’s org chart to tell me what we’ll be good at shipping, and what our weaknesses are
I am getting an insane amount of outreach about how to implement this at companies…if that’s your question, we actually have an entire team dedicated to helping:
David Perell (@david_perell) is one of the best known internet writers of his generation.
@ChatGPTapp has become a go-to tool in his arsenal for creating great work. I dove deep with him on how he uses ChatGPT for:
- Doing deep reading of old books
- Finding anecdotes that spread
- Better understanding his taste
- Finding his heroes
- Understanding his blind spots as a leader
- Unpacking the strategy of his business
It was one of the deepest and most inspiring episodes we’ve ever done. And it's the first one we've ever recorded in person!
Watch below.
-----
Timestamps:
Intro 00:53
Finding and understanding his heroes 13:42
Understanding his personality and leadership style 19:14
Who does David work well with? 25:53
Workshopping The New York Times’s business strategy 36:52
Why ChatGPT is incredible at diversity, accessibility, and speed 52:54
Bringing old books like Moby Dick to life with DALLE 58:50
Using ChatGPT for deep textual analysis 1:06:29
ChatGPT for writing anecdotes that spread 1:21:04
Conversations with ChatGPT as food and drink for the soul 1:25:55
I run a media company, and I love writing. So it’s bittersweet to write this, but here it is:
AI is going to fundamentally change media in all sorts of ways over the next five years...
Specifically, I think it will:
- Automate commodity content (like summaries)
- Unbundle research from narrative
- Write previously unwritten stories
Let me explain..
1/ Automating commodity content
Media companies monetize creativity, but the creative act is inherently unpredictable. Most of the media business is about looking for ways to de-risk creativity