A famous surrender, an airline executive who would rather read the whole book than the summary, and a week of weather that asks for no concessions at all. Some things are worth giving up, and the good parts are rarely among them.
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United's C.E.O. Says It Should Cost More Not to Sit in the Middle Seat (nytimes.com)
¶I read this interview with the CEO of United Airlines, Scott Kirby, to learn a bit more about the airline. I didn’t expect to find a gem regarding the use of AI, but I did.
¶How are you personally using A.I.?
¶The way that most people use A.I. is ridiculous.
¶Say more.
¶Using A.I. to summarize is like reading a summary of the CliffsNotes. I want to read a book because the interesting stuff is in the spaces in between. I want to find the things that nobody else has figured out.
¶(emphasis added)
¶This is exactly how I feel about reading, and exactly how I feel about asking AI to summarize things for me. I don’t want to skip the reading part.
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