Dan Shipper

Dan Shipper is the CEO and cofounder of Every. Every week he explores the frontiers of AI in his column, Chain of Thought, and on his podcast, ‘AI & I.’

Oct 20, 2023

You Have No Choice But to Read This

Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky's new book, 'Determined,' revives the age-old debate over free will

Aug 30, 2024

OpenAI’s New Model, Strawberry, Explained

ChatGPT’s next big evolution lies in its ability to solve the ‘strawberry’ problem

Mar 1, 2024

Can Gemini 1.5 Pro Beat Our Best Stock Trade?

I sit down with investor Jesse Beyroutey to try to find the next Nvidia—with AI

Dec 1, 2021

How To Write Philosophy with Dr. Pamela Hieronymi

The “consulting philosopher” on The Good Place shares her process for thinking and writing

Nov 29, 2023

AI-assisted Decision-making

How to use ChatGPT to master the best of what other people have figured out

Apr 16, 2025

Vibe Check: o3 Is Here—And It’s Great

The highest praise I can give is that I’m already using it all the time

Aug 11, 2023

How to Develop Your Taste for New Technologies

A close encounter with GrimesAI

Jan 26, 2024

ChatGPT Unlocks the Most Powerful Force on Earth

It increases human coordination

Oct 3, 2024

OpenAI Launches a Document and Code Editor Integrated Into ChatGPT

Canvas is an Artifacts competitor aiming at the future of AI-human collaboration

Apr 2, 2024

The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the Allocation Economy

In the age of AI, every maker becomes a manager

Oct 11, 2024

Five New Thinking Styles for Working With Thinking Machines

AI is turning science into engineering—with unprecedented changes for how we see the world

Apr 7, 2023

AI Doomsday For People Who Don’t Wear Fedoras

Should we bomb the GPU clusters? A primer.

Dec 22, 2021

What Worked for Me in 2021

I’m constantly experimenting with tools, systems, routines, books, and supplements to try to live a better life. Experimentation is the esse

Aug 9, 2024

Review: ChatGPT’s New Advanced Voice Mode

AI’s new voice is a leap into the future

Jul 26, 2022

You Grow from Your Edges

A review of Standing at the Edge

May 29, 2024

Introducing ‘AI & I’

How to use AI to think, create, and relate

Oct 22, 2021

What Is Underneath Productivity?

I’ve been obsessing about productivity for a long time. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about tools for thought and second brains. Bu

Sep 24, 2022

Fear, Courage, and Willingness

How to walk the path to fearlessness

Jul 24, 2024

Dwarkesh Patel’s Quest to Learn Everything

How the star podcaster uses AI tools to compound his own intelligence

Jul 14, 2023

The Optimal Level of Optimization

Lessons on goal maximization from machine learning

Apr 26, 2024

What Can Language Models Actually Do?

Part one: Language models as text compressors

Nov 26, 2024

Introducing Spiral v2

A totally redesigned and more powerful version of our tool to help you automate your repetitive creative work

Jun 2, 2023

Please Make a Better Kindle

It could be 10x better, here’s how

Sep 22, 2023

Great Artists Steal (With LLMs)

You can only steal what you can find—and AI lets you find exactly what you need