Exploring The Machine’s effects on human ability.
Meaningful contributions don't require mastering everything. Most of the distance lies between A and W, and that stretch is open to anyone.
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Lacho Blagoev: Educate, don’t regulateAI, Education, Regulation, Consciousness. Read the recap.
Hunter Bown: From band director to viral in ChinaAI, Open Source, Language, Mental Models. Read the recap.Recaps
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Lacho Blagoev: Educate, don’t regulateLacho Blagoev on bad actors and frontier AI, education over regulation, jobs, and a possibly conscious Claude.
Hunter Bown: From Law to 40k+ stars on GitHub & conference invitationsHunter Bown on going from band director to CodeWhale, who should hold frontier AI, and open source as strategy.Why the name
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
"From A to Z" means mastering everything. We think impact rarely waits for the last few letters. The X, Y and Z (the credentials, the final polish) matter less than people assume.
With access to capable artificial intelligence (AI), almost anyone can travel from A to W. ATOW studies what that makes possible for frontier intelligence’s impact, and for human ability in general.