Mar 12, 2024

In this special episode of The Kindle Chronicles, my guest is
ChatGPT. I had no idea I could use OpenAI’s revolutionary AI
assistant as a Thought Partner. That’s how Peter Deng, OpenAI’s
head of ChatGPT uses the tool he leads. 

So, on a tight deadline this morning at the Hampton Inn
Capitol/University, I put together an “interview” with ChatGPT and
recorded it. I left the gaps where my Thought Partner (TP) was
thinking, illustrated on my iPhone as a cloud pulsing, so you will
hear how long TP took to come up with pretty amazing answers.

SXSW is going to make Peter’s talk available on demand, but it’s
not up yet. I highly recommend that you watch it if you get the
chance. He discusses safety issues, OpenAI’s chaotic leadership
crisis last year, and many other topics. John Constine of
SignalFire, a venture capital firm, did an outstanding job
peppering Deng with questions and then summarizing the entire
one-hour conversation at the end. 

I took notes in a Substack draft post using Vision Pro during
the keynote. I plan to tidy them up and send them out, perhaps
during my layover at DFW. 

This was my best South By ever, after nearly 15 years of
covering the event. I hope you enjoy the show!