Josh Waitzkin

Well, I think that like. In dialogue that I've had over the past 10 years or so with people who are AI optimists, there's this jump to the utopian future, land of abundance, no more resource scarcity. Everything is beautiful. People have the ability to study art and poetry and opera. They don't need to work anymore. They don't need to be grinding anymore.

Well, I think that like. In dialogue that I've had over the past 10 years or so with people who are AI optimists, there's this jump to the utopian future, land of abundance, no more resource scarcity. Everything is beautiful. People have the ability to study art and poetry and opera. They don't need to work anymore. They don't need to be grinding anymore.

They can think about philosophy, et cetera, et cetera. That's the argument. Let's just like assume that that would be a positive end. I'm not so sure. I think that we have some other energies flowing through us that we might want to express. But let's just like say that that would be great. The problem is getting there.

They can think about philosophy, et cetera, et cetera. That's the argument. Let's just like assume that that would be a positive end. I'm not so sure. I think that we have some other energies flowing through us that we might want to express. But let's just like say that that would be great. The problem is getting there.

They can think about philosophy, et cetera, et cetera. That's the argument. Let's just like assume that that would be a positive end. I'm not so sure. I think that we have some other energies flowing through us that we might want to express. But let's just like say that that would be great. The problem is getting there.

So in chess, there's this interesting dynamic between strategy and tactics all the time. We need to liberate ourselves to be strategic and to think ahead, like think about what would be the ideal place to go, but then we also have to get the tactics right, the math right to get there. We can't just hang our queen or hang our bishop or hang our rook on the path to our strategic dream.

So in chess, there's this interesting dynamic between strategy and tactics all the time. We need to liberate ourselves to be strategic and to think ahead, like think about what would be the ideal place to go, but then we also have to get the tactics right, the math right to get there. We can't just hang our queen or hang our bishop or hang our rook on the path to our strategic dream.

So in chess, there's this interesting dynamic between strategy and tactics all the time. We need to liberate ourselves to be strategic and to think ahead, like think about what would be the ideal place to go, but then we also have to get the tactics right, the math right to get there. We can't just hang our queen or hang our bishop or hang our rook on the path to our strategic dream.

We need to integrate execution with strategic dreaming. Because often if we're thinking too much tactically, we can't see the long-term plan we want to utilize, right? Like the end result we want to move toward. And so when I think about this path of AI, I think there's going to be so much disruption along the way to that place of resource abundance and utopia.

We need to integrate execution with strategic dreaming. Because often if we're thinking too much tactically, we can't see the long-term plan we want to utilize, right? Like the end result we want to move toward. And so when I think about this path of AI, I think there's going to be so much disruption along the way to that place of resource abundance and utopia.

We need to integrate execution with strategic dreaming. Because often if we're thinking too much tactically, we can't see the long-term plan we want to utilize, right? Like the end result we want to move toward. And so when I think about this path of AI, I think there's going to be so much disruption along the way to that place of resource abundance and utopia.

Even if that was a positive place, I think it's going to be a really messy path to get there. But for us to navigate the path, the question to me now is – What should we be doing as individuals, as a species, in order to allow us to navigate that path?

Even if that was a positive place, I think it's going to be a really messy path to get there. But for us to navigate the path, the question to me now is – What should we be doing as individuals, as a species, in order to allow us to navigate that path?

Even if that was a positive place, I think it's going to be a really messy path to get there. But for us to navigate the path, the question to me now is – What should we be doing as individuals, as a species, in order to allow us to navigate that path?

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There's something so powerful about being grounded in – and a path to being grounded is being immersed in an art like, for example, like jiu-jitsu or chess where if you – If you're on the jiu-jitsu mats and you overextend your arm and you get armbarred, you're not going to say, that's not my fault. That was his fault.

There's something so powerful about being grounded in – and a path to being grounded is being immersed in an art like, for example, like jiu-jitsu or chess where if you – If you're on the jiu-jitsu mats and you overextend your arm and you get armbarred, you're not going to say, that's not my fault. That was his fault.

There's something so powerful about being grounded in – and a path to being grounded is being immersed in an art like, for example, like jiu-jitsu or chess where if you – If you're on the jiu-jitsu mats and you overextend your arm and you get armbarred, you're not going to say, that's not my fault. That was his fault.