Chris Pedregal

I think fundamentally humans are tool makers. It's one of the things that like just sets us apart from other animals. If you look back at the history, there have been these inventions, tools that were invented that just enabled humans to do so much more. And the interesting thing about that is some of those are really just explicitly tools for thinking.

I think fundamentally humans are tool makers. It's one of the things that like just sets us apart from other animals. If you look back at the history, there have been these inventions, tools that were invented that just enabled humans to do so much more. And the interesting thing about that is some of those are really just explicitly tools for thinking.

Examples there could be writing is a great example. different mathematical notation. With Roman numerals, you can only do math up to a certain number in your head without an abacus. Whereas with the notation we use now, you can do long division of massive numbers and that's fine. My favorite example is this idea of being able to visualize data. What you brought up is this guy called Playfair.

Examples there could be writing is a great example. different mathematical notation. With Roman numerals, you can only do math up to a certain number in your head without an abacus. Whereas with the notation we use now, you can do long division of massive numbers and that's fine. My favorite example is this idea of being able to visualize data. What you brought up is this guy called Playfair.

I think his name was William Playfair. It was something like 200 years ago. He was the first person to graph data visually. So you could use your eyes. Humans have evolved to bring in images and make sense of images really quickly.

I think his name was William Playfair. It was something like 200 years ago. He was the first person to graph data visually. So you could use your eyes. Humans have evolved to bring in images and make sense of images really quickly.

So the idea of mapping numbers to the visual plane and being able to intuitively feel, oh, that graph's going up or down, or it's going up much faster than it was before. It's just crazy that 200 years before I was born, no one had done that. All of this is to say that I'm sure we'll get into this into more detail.

So the idea of mapping numbers to the visual plane and being able to intuitively feel, oh, that graph's going up or down, or it's going up much faster than it was before. It's just crazy that 200 years before I was born, no one had done that. All of this is to say that I'm sure we'll get into this into more detail.

You have mathematical notation or writing, data visualization, then there's the computer. And I think with AI, we're just entering like a new realm where the tools for thought will just be exponentially more powerful and more useful. God knows what that's going to look like in 10, 20 years. I guarantee it'll look nothing like it looks like today.

You have mathematical notation or writing, data visualization, then there's the computer. And I think with AI, we're just entering like a new realm where the tools for thought will just be exponentially more powerful and more useful. God knows what that's going to look like in 10, 20 years. I guarantee it'll look nothing like it looks like today.

One observation I think that's interesting about these tools for thought is that oftentimes what these tools do is they let you externalize things that you have to hold in your head. One of the most ubiquitous tools for thought today is a notepad and a pencil. And when you use a notepad and you write things down,

One observation I think that's interesting about these tools for thought is that oftentimes what these tools do is they let you externalize things that you have to hold in your head. One of the most ubiquitous tools for thought today is a notepad and a pencil. And when you use a notepad and you write things down,

It just means you don't have to hold everything in your head and you can look at these ideas or look at these notes. And to use an analogy, it's a bit like extending the RAM. The amount of like RAM that we have in our heads are hard-coded by physical limitations. And these tools basically give you, oh, they give you more RAM. They give you more memory.

It just means you don't have to hold everything in your head and you can look at these ideas or look at these notes. And to use an analogy, it's a bit like extending the RAM. The amount of like RAM that we have in our heads are hard-coded by physical limitations. And these tools basically give you, oh, they give you more RAM. They give you more memory.

I think what's incredible about LLMs, the real unlock here, is that you can use LLMs to bring extremely relevant context to the person in the moment they need it. And that context can be dynamically generated to map the needs of that moment. So I think it is, if being able to write your ideas on a piece of paper and a notepad makes you... much more capable in a meeting.

I think what's incredible about LLMs, the real unlock here, is that you can use LLMs to bring extremely relevant context to the person in the moment they need it. And that context can be dynamically generated to map the needs of that moment. So I think it is, if being able to write your ideas on a piece of paper and a notepad makes you... much more capable in a meeting.

If you're talking to someone, imagine if a computer can bring in all the relevant context to make you brilliant in that moment. So you have that at your fingertips because LLMs can rewrite content on the fly and pull that stuff in for you. I think that'll be just an incredible, incredible unlock for people.

If you're talking to someone, imagine if a computer can bring in all the relevant context to make you brilliant in that moment. So you have that at your fingertips because LLMs can rewrite content on the fly and pull that stuff in for you. I think that'll be just an incredible, incredible unlock for people.

Before you ask me to talk about what we're building at Granolos, I can talk about that. I think in the realm of AI, it's easy to talk about the next two steps, and it's really, really hard to talk about what the world's going to look like 10 steps down the line. AI really simply is like a digital notepad. So think of it like Apple Notes on your computer. It's an app on your computer.

Before you ask me to talk about what we're building at Granolos, I can talk about that. I think in the realm of AI, it's easy to talk about the next two steps, and it's really, really hard to talk about what the world's going to look like 10 steps down the line. AI really simply is like a digital notepad. So think of it like Apple Notes on your computer. It's an app on your computer.