The Wizard's Lens: Learn to Think Like AI

Edward W. Barnard

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Introduction

AI Techniques Mastered

Becoming the Revolutionizer
The Ping Pong Effect
Same Skill Different Context
Familiar Techniques Applied Differently
- Universal Crossover Skills
- Whiteboard Discussion
- Loud Whiteboards
- Identifying Specific Techniques For Your Use
- Competitive Edge Through Crossover Skills
- Summary
- Questions for Reflection
Viewing Differently
Local Memory Refresh
Connecting the Dots
The Attention Mechanism

AI Techniques Discovered and Applied

The Conversation Begins: Discovering Systems Thinking
Refining a Mental Model Through Close Observation
- Two-Part Responses
- Summary
The Breakthrough: Mapping the Apprentice Journey

Accomplishing the Impossible

Take Joy in the Challenge (Part One)
Token Space Management (Part Two)
Doing It Because It Has Never Been Done Before (Part Three)
- Two Esoteric Chapters
- Too Esoteric to be Chapters
- The Pattern Revealed
- Have Fun With the Challenges
- Most Important Lesson
Close Observation Yields Breakthrough Insights

Mastery Independent of Technology

Jolene’s Story
The Mountain
College Spring Break
Planning, Preparation, and Practice
Mastering the Craft

Becoming the Revolutionizer

Choosing to Become
- Prerequisite Skills
- The “Revolutionizers” (1952)
- Shifted Perspective
- FULL PURPLE
- Dancing With the System
- Wizard Thinking

The Wizard’s Lens

It’s Not Rocket Science
Engaging With Complex Systems
- Provenance
- Trailing Indicators of Mastery
- Flow With the System
- Core Elements
- Cognitive Transitions
- Time Travel Patterns
- Mindset Elements
- Transforming Constraints to Revolutionary Devices
- Technical Implementation of Constraint Transformation
- The Temporal Dimension of Constraint Transformation
- Practical Application Becomes General Approach
- The Seven Lessons of Mastery
Patterns of Mastery Emerging From Both Humans and AI
- Both Human and AI
- Opposites In Tension With Each Other

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Standard of Judgment

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Jolene’s Story
Human Training Data
Preview
The Beta
Nepal
Grand Teton
Audition
Experiential Education
Standard of Judgment
Summary