055: Process vs. Product

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including AI, craftsmanship, and cultural references from the 80s.

We talk about mountains, trains, snow, the Donner Party, medical “diseases of opulence,” 80s teen movies, categories of 80s parents, finding jobs during a downturn, AI and the future of jobs, the market for craftsmanship and artisanal goods, hipsters, the process and the product, the Luddites, local vs. global capitalism, AI writing, AI sycophancy, AI psychosis, AI artists, brain hemisphere differences, Internal Family Systems, neurosymbolic AI as an precursor/alternative to LLMs, first world problems. Mentioned in this episode Portlandia: Wilson Artisanal Lightbulbs @Husk testing AI on TikTok and Sam Altman’s response Artists using AI in creative ways: geddyruxpin , Moss Carpet , Bennett Miller Iain McGilchrist’s work on brain hemisphere differences, and his books: The Master and His Emisary and The Matter with Things . Pixar’s Inside Out This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Milo, Shawn

Topics covered

• AI and the future of jobs
• craftsmanship and artisanal goods
• 80s culture
• neurosymbolic AI
• first world problems
• local vs. global capitalism
• Internal Family Systems

Keywords

• AI
• 80s movies
• craftsmanship
• Luddites
• neurosymbolic AI
• first world problems
• Internal Family Systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Portlandia, Husk

Books & works: The Master and His Emisary, The Matter with Things, Inside Out

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