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Whoa, Vol. 3: Humanmaxxing

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How to thrive in the age of machines

Most of what we hear about AI is a story of loss: slop everywhere, our thinking outsourced to machines, our livelihoods destroyed.

But there’s another version of this story.

Some of the most interesting people we know aren’t taking the bait on the “human vs. AI” debate. They’re doing their thing and leaning harder into themselves. We think they’re a window into a future where advances in machines will usher in an era of re-enchantment where we will become freer, stranger, more creative, more idiosyncratic, more alive.

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  • Updated July 26

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  • July 26 · 1 hr 22 min

    Henrik Karlsson

    Welcome to Humanmaxxing, an interview series on thriving in the age of machines. You can follow along on Substack, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. Henrik Karlsson is Substack-famous, but he is still our answer when people ask who the most underrated writer in the world is. In this conversation, Henrik joins Alex Dobrenko to discuss: The pressures of internet fame, feedback, and monetizing creative work Why AI has pushed him to become more human, weird, and playful Why he doesn’t understand people who don’t marvel at LLMs His Radiohead vs. Coldplay theory of creative careers Why his online persona is more aspirational than accurate and lots more… Chat with the Granola Notes for this conversation here. Subscribe to the Sublime Newsletter for access to the full Humanmaxxing interview series. This episode is brought to you by Granola, the AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings: https://www.granola.ai/sublime and use code SUBLIME to get 3 months free. sublime.app is the inspiration management tool creatives use to collect, connect, and create with their inspiration. Featuring Henrik Karlsson https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/ https://x.com/phokarlsson Hosted by Alex Dobrenko, creator of Code for Creatives, a course for creative people learning to build with AI. Join the waitlist for Cohort 4.