Monday Inspiration: (July 2023): Will an AI win the Booker Prize?, productivity advice from OpenAI’s boss and is this the end of TV as we know it?
Whilst my family and I enjoyed the sunshine last month, it’s now a common theme every summer to learn that temperatures are rising. This summer is no exception, with the UK recording its hottest June on record. And this follows the soaring temperatures we experienced last year.
The importance and urgency of climate change is clear and we have a big role to play as marketers. It was interesting to listen to an interview with Kate Raworth, author of Donut Economics, on the Leading podcast recently. She argues that limitless growth is not only unrealistic but damaging to the environment and our future. Instead she says that we can thrive in balance:
But the question is whether this is a practical aspiration in the short term considering our challenging political environment?
What else was I watching, reading and listening to in June? Here are a few of my favourites:
As well as climate change, another existential question we seem to be asking ourselves every day is what will be the impact and influence of artificial intelligence? In this post from Ian Leslie (which is also published on the Booker Prize Subtack), he explores the possibility of an AI winning the prestigious Booker prize and what this would mean for humanity.
This article resonated with me in a way similar to author Ted Chiang’s in the New Yorker from earlier in the year. Whilst large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are impressive (and will only continue to improve), they have two key flaws:
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Whilst on the subject of AI, here is some useful productivity advice from OpenAI’s founder and CEO Sam Altman:
It doesn’t matter how fast you move if it’s in a worthless direction.? Picking the right thing to work on is the most important element of productivity and usually almost ignored.? So think about it more!? Independent thought is hard but it’s something you can get better at with practice.
The most impressive people I know have strong beliefs about the world, which is rare in the general population.? If you find yourself always agreeing with whomever you last spoke with, that’s bad.? You will of course be wrong sometimes, but develop the confidence to stick with your convictions.? It will let you be courageous when you’re right about something important that most people don’t see.
We have been living through a Golden Age of TV. The rise of Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+, plus the emergence of Apple TV, Paramount+ and HBO Max, has given us an unprecedented amount of choice. Yet as Netflix has flattered and the WGA strike has paralysed production in recent months, there are questions as to where we go next.
This in-depth, investigative long-read from Vulture explores the journey to where we are now and asks what next for TV? Will there be a convergence of the big TV players? Will we saw a drop in the quality of TV shows we've been watching to date? Or could we see fewer but better content in the future?