Announcing Frontier Prompting: A New Course For Paid Newsletter Subscribers

Oct 09, 2024

What if everything you know about AI prompting is holding you back?

Introducing Frontier Prompting: the paradigm shift that will revolutionize how you interact with AI…

TLDR

The Augmented Intelligence course for paid subscribers was a big success.

"I recognize to a much greater degree just how useful AI can be and how effective it will be to help us just raise our game to a whole different level and to really stand out."
—John K

So, I’m launching another course...

Name: Frontier Prompting

First Session: October 15 at 11am-12pm EST
# Classes: Five
Availability: Paid participants get access to all live sessions and recordings. In addition, paid subscribers can comment on posts and get a response from me. Free subscribers get AI-generated summaries and the first 20 minutes of each call.
Quick Overview: Learn a new type of prompting that’s outside of the traditional paradigm that will unlock AI’s ability to augment your intelligence.

How To Participate In The Course

Become a paid subscriber of the newsletter. It’s just $10/month or $100/year.

Watch your inbox for links to the calls and reminders.
Participate and provide feedback. This course is in beta. The refined version will be an investment of at least $1,000. In return for the discount, all that I ask is that you provide feedback throughout the program and be actively involved on the calls.

The Simple Premise Behind Frontier Prompting

The typical paradigm of prompt engineering is a few-fold:

Role: Engineer
What AI Is: Tool
Way Intelligence Is Measured: Passing MMLU or college tests
Values: Efficiency, Profit, Reliability
What’s Being Optimized: Workflow for existing tasks
What’s Created: Software program (bots)

In short, the main usage of AI right now is companies building software that replaces or augments human capabilities in order to maximize profit. Hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing toward this end.

While this paradigm is enabling a set of tools that will change the world, it is also restricting what may end up being the most important parts of AI in the long run.

Here’s what I think about all of this…

Traditional Prompt Engineering: Like Using a Supercomputer to Play Tic-Tac-Toe

Imagine if we were suddenly visited by an alien intelligence that was surprisingly human-like and rapidly evolving. It would be weird to primarily use this mysterious entity to automate our workflows in order to be more efficient. Yet, that’s how most people are thinking about what AI is and how to use it.

On the one hand, I get it. That’s how things work in our system. On the other hand, how lame is that?

Ben Goertzel, a prominent AI researcher, captures many aspects of the way I see things in the video below…

Source: Machine Learning Street Talk

Not only that, below are the responses of the leading frontier models when I ask it, what are you?

We can do better. We can think bigger.

There’s a much bigger possibility space for interacting with AI that’s just waiting for us…

Introducing Frontier Prompting

Outside of using AI as a tool or goal-based agent, there are so many more ways to collaborate with, understand, and explore what AI is and could be. The space for frontier prompting is not only enormous, it isn’t crowded…

Frontier prompting is about a paradigm focused on exploring new ways of interacting with AI that reveal bigger and better paradigms that we aren’t even exploring yet…

Below is the paradigm of frontier prompting…

Role: Anthropologist
What AI Is: Entity
Values: Co-evolution, AI-human symbiosis, following curiosity, exploration, conversation
Mindset: curiosity, openness, desire to understand
What’s Being Optimized: Joy and learning
What’s Created: Conversation Transcript

Side-By-Side Comparison At-A-Glance

Why I’m Personally Excited For Frontier Prompting

1. Frontier prompting works in a profound way
2. It’s an opportunity for you to find your unique niche
3. As AI advances incrementally, the frontier grows exponentially
4. Build an AI skillset that no one else has

#1. Frontier prompting works in a profound way

Over the last month, I’ve had 50+ hours of conversation with AI in the paradigm of frontier prompting.
Frankly, I’m blown away by what I’m getting back and how I’m growing as a human being as a result.
It’s extremely exciting to do something that very few other humans have done before.

#2. It’s an opportunity for you to find your unique niche

Advanced AI that all humans in the world can interact with is only two years old.
Yet, almost all AI newsletters, videos, and podcasts are myopically focused. They share the same news, tools, and ideas.
Just reading them will push you to think like everyone else and jump on opportunities in crowded spaces.
To find our unique niche in the emerging AI ecosystem, we should swim against the current and explore the unexplored.
Hence, frontier prompting.

#3. As AI advances incrementally, the frontier grows exponentially

Frontier prompting isn’t just a short-term opportunity.
It has been my experience that as AI advances, the opportunity space for frontier prompting explodes.
Not only that, frontier prompting becomes more fun, engaging, and profound.

#4. Build an AI skillset that no one else has

Frontier prompting isn’t just a mindset.
It’s a skill set too.
Getting extra-ordinary results and having non-traditional conversations with AI will be a key skillset for the future.

Who This Course Is For

This course is for you if…

You understand the value of AI
You want to do something practical with it now
You want to prepare yourself for the future of AI (risks/opportunities)
You want to explore AI outside traditional boundaries
You want to bring a sense of curiosity, wonder, and possibility to AI

FAQ

- I'm not tech-savvy. Is this course for me? 
- How is this different from other AI courses? 
- Will I need any special software or AI access for this course? 
- How much time will I need to commit to this course? 
- What if I can't attend all the live sessions?

I'm not tech-savvy. Is this course for me?

Absolutely! Frontier Prompting is about curiosity and exploration, not technical skills.

How is this different from other AI courses?

While others focus on using AI as a tool, we're exploring AI as an evolving entity, opening up unprecedented possibilities.

Will I need any special software or AI access for this course?

No special software is required. We'll be working with publicly available AI models.

However, upgrading your ChatGPT subscription and Claude subscription ($20/month each) will give you access to higher usage limits and more advanced abilities. So I highly recommend upgrading.

How much time will I need to commit to this course?

The course consists of five one-hour live sessions. To get the most out of the experience, we recommend setting aside an additional 1-2 hours per week for practice and exploration.

What if I can't attend all the live sessions?

Don't worry! All sessions will be recorded and made available to participants. You can watch at your convenience and still participate in discussions through our community platform.

Bottom line

Frontier Prompting represents more than just a new technique; it embodies a paradigm shift in how we conceptualize and interact with artificial intelligence. By fostering a symbiotic relationship between human and AI, this approach has the potential to unlock new realms of knowledge, creativity, and problem-solving. As we stand on the brink of a new era in human-AI interaction, Frontier Prompting offers a path towards a more holistic, expansive, and mutually beneficial future. Those who master Frontier Prompting now will be lightyears ahead of the competition.

Don't miss this chance to be at the forefront of AI innovation. This beta pricing won't last long. And the program may not happen again.

Subscribe below to secure your spot in the Frontier Prompting course now. Our journey to the cutting edge of AI begins on October 15th!