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Fly Liu's avatar

There are many AI note-taking tools that claim to be the second brain, but I really want to figure out where the boundary is between our human brain and this second brain.

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Benta Kamau's avatar

This piece feels like a quiet invitation to slow down, to notice, and to remember humility isn't a weakness but a foundation.

In both my consulting work and in the classroom, I navigate the same dynamic you describe. With clients, I watch how quick confidence can mask deeper uncertainty. With students, I notice how hesitation often hides untapped insight. What bridges both spaces is creating room for vulnerability, asking “what don’t we yet know,” and being willing to learn as we go.

The most capable systems technical or human are those built by people who start with questions, not answers. It’s not noise to pause and ask “why this, why now?” it’s essential.

Thank you for paving the way for more thoughtful design and practice. I’d welcome continuing this exploration together seeing how humility can guide not just individual tools, but our collective way of working.

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Noah Luo's avatar

Being practical and useful always stay first for productivity products!

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CJ Infantino's avatar

This so accurately verbalizes what I have been feeling the past couple of months.

I started with the notion that AI will do all the things for me. Now I realize it is my aid, not my doer.

It takes what I have and lets me see an outside perspective and teaches me where I need to improve.

It can break apart good work and help me understand the reason why it is good, and the psychological components.

My relationship with AI feels so much more sustainable now and effective.

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Eric Engle's avatar

nothing is stopping anyone from downloading model weights from huggingface

OMG OMG OMG

and training their own model

off to check Mistral!

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