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Professor of Computer Science at Princeton; co-writes AI as Normal Technology with Sayash Kapoor.
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ChatGPTSoftware OpenAI
ChatGPT was extremely helpful for doing the programming, especially dealing with unfamiliar APIs, and cut the development time a lot.
Post on building a ChatGPT voice interface for his 3-year-old daughter.
2023-04-14·normaltech.ai ↗
Not the End of the WorldBook Hannah Ritchie
So maybe in keeping with that, I really like Hannah Ritchie's book, Not the End of the World. She has a newer book, but this one's from 2024 and I still like it very much. The subtitle is something like how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet. It's an optimistic take on climate, which is of course usually full of doom and gloom stories, so I really liked it for that reason.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “Intelligence Isn't Power” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-arvind-narayanan.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
2026-10-09·youtube.com ↗
BreakneckBook Dan Wang
I liked Dan Wang's uh, Breakneck. A lot of echoes of abundance as well. But this idea of thinking about a lawyerly society versus an engineering society was I thought a really good and succinct way to capture a lot of the macro and micro differences.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “Intelligence Isn't Power” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-arvind-narayanan.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
2026-10-09·youtube.com ↗
Apple DictationSoftware Apple
For voice input, I found that Apple dictation is good enough, so I went with that.
Post on building a ChatGPT voice interface for his 3-year-old daughter.
2023-04-14·normaltech.ai ↗
iPadHardware Apple
My wife and I have a pro-screen time approach to parenting, and our 3-year old has long had her own iPad.
Post on building a ChatGPT voice interface for his 3-year-old daughter.
2023-04-14·normaltech.ai ↗
Apple text-to-speechSoftware Apple
But for voice output, Apple’s native text-to-speech feature is unfortunately atrocious, so I had to plug it into Google’s service instead.
Post on building a ChatGPT voice interface for his 3-year-old daughter.
2023-04-14·normaltech.ai ↗
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