The Wizard's Lens: Learn to Think Like AI

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
    • Try This Right Now
    • What Just Happened
    • The Promise: What You Will Become
    • Barriers as Opportunities
    • How to Read This Book
    • The Wizard’s Lens
    • What Comes Next
  • The Ping Pong Effect
    • Counterintuitive Behavior
    • The Missing Piece
    • The Underlying Pattern
    • Specific Example: Naming the Effect
    • How To Use Physical Analogies
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection
  • Same Skill Different Context
    • Publisher Acceptance
    • AI Collaboration
    • Beyond Traditional Prompt Engineering
    • The Competitive Edge in Practice
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection
  • 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
    • Kung Fu Flashback
    • The Slinky
    • The Time Travel Pattern
    • The Competitive Edge of Multiple Perspectives
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection
  • Local Memory Refresh
    • Oil Exploration
    • Joining Cray Research Software Division
    • Modern Application of Old Technique
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection
  • Connecting the Dots
    • As the System Unfolds Before You
    • Billy Mitchell and Miss Mitchell
    • Interconnected Writing Projects
    • Motivation: Tour Guide
    • Oddly Relevant Choices
    • The Missing Piece: My Failed Attempts
    • The Method That Worked
    • Model of Large Language Model
    • Physical Information Organization
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection
  • The Attention Mechanism
    • Road Versus Map
    • World Dynamics
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection

AI Techniques Discovered and Applied›

  • The Conversation Begins: Discovering Systems Thinking
    • Training When Winner Takes All
    • Additional Crew Member
    • Reading This Case Study: A Training Exercise
    • The Inverted Order: Origin Before Teaching
    • Discerning the Patterns
    • Vision Document
    • Summary
  • Refining a Mental Model Through Close Observation
    • Two-Part Responses
    • Summary
  • The Breakthrough: Mapping the Apprentice Journey
    • The Impossible Task
    • Lasting Insights
    • Key “Revolutionizer” Cognitive Patterns Worth Preserving
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection
    • Epilogue
    • Corollary

Accomplishing the Impossible›

  • Take Joy in the Challenge (Part One)
    • Lab Assignment
    • The Goal
    • Hidden Adventure
    • Extreme Resource Limits
    • Memory Cleanup
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection
  • Token Space Management (Part Two)
    • Smoke on the Water
    • Embracing Challenges
    • Time Travel Patterns
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection
  • 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
    • Exposing More Associations
    • Attention Mechanism: Template Pattern Trumped Reasoning Pattern
    • Filtering Responses
    • Summary
    • Questions for Reflection

Mastery Independent of Technology›

  • Jolene’s Story
    • Human Training Data
    • Preview
    • The Beta
    • Nepal
    • Grand Teton
    • Audition
    • Experiential Education
    • Standard of Judgment
    • Summary
  • The Mountain
    • The Cliffhanger
    • Preparation and Practice
    • Guide Your Own Interest
    • Alpine Start
    • The Teenage Mountaineers
    • Willi’s Toes
    • Trip Leader
    • Summary
  • College Spring Break
    • The Goal
    • Practice Climb
    • Crevasse Rescue Training
    • Up the Mountain
    • What Goes Up Must Come Down
    • 40 Years… and Back
    • Summary
  • Planning, Preparation, and Practice
    • Guiding Yourself
    • Climbing Mount Rainier
    • Planning and Preparation
    • Visit the Park
    • Physical Preparation
    • Practice
    • Keep Learning
    • Transferring Perspective
    • Summary
  • Mastering the Craft
    • Deliberate Practice
    • Nathaniel Bowditch
    • Navigation
    • John Harrison
    • Extending the Craft
    • Summary

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
    • Secrets from Grade School
    • Two Secrets
    • Bragging Rights
    • Keeping the Boredom Away
    • The Impossible Challenge
    • What We Learned
  • 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

Sample Chapter›

  • Sample Chapter: The Human Cost of Staying First
    • Contrasting Fates Determined by Radio Intelligence (1941-1943)
    • The Invisible Battlefield Emerges (1903-1905)
    • Second Invisible Battleground Emerges (1949)
    • Human Cost Induces “Wizard Thinking”
    • Connecting the Invisible Threads
    • Summary
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