I am here to as you something before closing up the office (for the day) and throwing away the keys (for the night).
What did you learn today?
If it’s a new turn of phrase, a case or a fine point of drafting - way to go!
Incremental learning, after all, is what makes for specialists.
You were bench-pressing 20 lb. last week, and this week you are pushing 25! Clocking a few more miles on the treadmill, faster.
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But what if say, you learn to swim, or master a new language?
Then, you aren’t just building strength, you are discovering new muscles.
Re-firing neurons that lay in the attic for years.
You blow the dust away, and crank at the levers.
You are inspired and joyous when you make the slightest progress.
Oh, I can float! I can play a whole series of chords! I can read signs!
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This is a professional blog.
I am not here to ask you to learn new languages or master karaoke.
Don’t mistake me, I admire that too. Zuckerberg has been doing it. Imran Khan too?
But this involves your work.
At the cost of repetition, I will say this again.
Every minute I spend learning something new about language models, it reminds me:
Lawyers have no excuse not to learn about large language models. No excuse.
Not only is your legal mind a perfect student, these are the tools you will use tomorrow to construct your briefs, your contracts, and your careers.
It’s easy. It is fun, interesting and free. Barely time consuming. Why wait? Except to thank me later.
Start here!
P.S: Thank you for the overwhelming response to Saturday’s post.