Before ChatGPT. Before “prompt engineering” was a job title. Before anyone outside a research lab had a reason to care about transformer models. There was a janky text adventure game…… Continue reading The Accidental Prompt Engineers: How AI Dungeon Gave Normal Humans Their First Taste of AI
Writing
Stampede Pass: The $1,000 Race Through the Mountain
Nelson Bennett stood at the west portal of his mountain tunnel on the afternoon of May 3, 1888, waiting for something that had seemed impossible just 28 months earlier. A…… Continue reading Stampede Pass: The $1,000 Race Through the Mountain
Verify your humanness
great A16z podcast on the podcast on the ideas we were thinking about when we started this website in 2023, and the concept of my new novel Meatba Made.. how…… Continue reading Verify your humanness
Arbiters of Taste
Humanity is clinging to the distinguishment, but is it true? Will arbiter of taste be the last and most important human job? If we can train models on various other…… Continue reading Arbiters of Taste
Some things these meatbags made
We like to celebrate when humans create stuff. We create stuff. Here are some recent things we’ve made:Riventide – choose your own adventure RPG game MacOS only (also at itch.io)…… Continue reading Some things these meatbags made
White Death at Wellington: America’s Deadliest Avalanche
The Wellington avalanche wasn’t merely a natural disaster—it was a turning point in railroad safety practices.
Steel Dreams and Wooden Rails: The Birth of Washington’s Railroad Empire
In the summer of 1851, while most of America was still reeling from the California Gold Rush, a Wisconsin transplant named Francis A. Chenoweth was building something revolutionary along the…… Continue reading Steel Dreams and Wooden Rails: The Birth of Washington’s Railroad Empire
Meatbag update
So that’s where we are, Meatbag Nation! Navigating this crazy world the only way we know how, leading with love and understanding. Until next time, keep those embers of innovation burning. Don’t hate, create!
Fantasy football, emotions, and science
Good and bad, these physical responses are what makes fantasy football great, memorable. That we’re experiencing them alongside or conversely with our friends and family makes it even more impactful.
What’s your risk appetite?
You don’t need to day trade stocks, spend hours at a blackjack table, or enter nightly NBA parlays to be aware of your brain’s risk/reward center. And there’s not one…… Continue reading What’s your risk appetite?