By Suraj Chaudhary Things I have learned as a procrastinator Read on my website Dear Reader, I have been putting off writing this newsletter issue. Not just the newsletter, but I’ve put off a lot of other things that I need to do. This is my default instinct: “I’ll do it tomorrow.” To me, tomorrow is much closer to never than now. My mind is designed to pull me towards whatever is more comfortable; it doesn’t want things to change. It definitely doesn’t want me to do that thing, which is...

By Suraj Chaudhary AI for Actual Intelligence Read on my website Dear Reader, There has been a trend in this year’s commencement speeches: speakers receiving a wave of boos while mentioning AI. This happened recently to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, real estate development executive Gloria Caulfield, and record executive Scott Borschetta. They went as far as to say that AI was “the next industrial revolution.” If you look at people of the Silicon Valleys of the world, they share a similar...

By Suraj Chaudhary On underselling things Read on my website Dear Reader, I just finished week one of my internship. I'd been planning a YouTube video about the experience, and my first instinct was to undersell it: "It's been normal, I'm learning things." But sitting with it longer, I realized that was wrong. I'd been underselling it to myself, not just to whoever might watch. Here's what's actually true: this week has been exciting. I've seen rare gear, robotic cameras, control rooms with...