RAND
A policy research think tank that publishes reports.
Where RAND comes up1 episode or test
- Over an hour of markup
- Integrated report into his mind
- Made his own connections
- Gives useful factoids only
- Doesn't know what he wants
- Wouldn't make his connections
Thinking you've read it is more dangerous than not reading
From Ezra Klein on RAND's housing construction costs report
What was said about RAND
Ezra Klein marked up a RAND housing cost report himself instead of using AI. Klein spent over an hour marking up RAND's report on housing construction costs. He says this is what integrated it into his mind, where an AI summary would only have given useful factoids.
He says an o3 summary of the report would have been a poor substitute, because AI does not know what he wants to know and would not make his connections. He still uses AI as a better Google and for some preparatory work. His warning: "it's more dangerous to think you've read something that you haven't than to not read it at all."
Ezra Klein Gives His Best Writing Advice
Klein marked up its report on housing construction costs for over an hour, which he says integrated it into his mind far better than an AI summary of useful factoids.
Ezra Klein marked up a RAND housing cost report himself instead of using AI. Klein spent over an hour marking up RAND's report on housing construction costs. He says this is what integrated it into his mind, where an AI summary would only have given useful factoids.
He says an o3 summary of the report would have been a poor substitute, because AI does not know what he wants to know and would not make his connections. He still uses AI as a better Google and for some preparatory work. His warning: "it's more dangerous to think you've read something that you haven't than to not read it at all."
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