Aswath Krishnan

Have you ever wondered what shapes your mind and behaviors? The influences that nudge us towards success or failure, happiness or despair? L...

As Product Managers or entrepreneurs, we often have multiple good ideas and an exciting vision. That's necessary but not sufficient.  It...

Traditional software simply executes explicit instructions provided by Human Intelligence. This blog is powered by software. And like most s...

🤯 1)  I had my first "Aha! moment" with #ChatGPT / #LLMs in November 2022, just around when ChatGPT was released.I had asked Ch...

We have been talking about the progress of GPT (or ChatGPT) across versions 1 through 4. We measure them by the number of parameters, test s...

I just watched Air, a fun and inspiring movie about how Nike, then an underdog in the shoe industry, managed to sign Michael Jordan, a rooki...

Those who control the pipes of information, control the world.  It's a notion I have heard and generally agreed with. Humans are powerfu...

I don't plan to fill my blog with AI-generated content but felt this was pretty interesting to share.  AI progress can accelerate expone...

An age of unparalleled peace, joy, love, creativity, and discovery for all of humanity. Fueled by an abundance of wisdom, resources, science...

If you are an analytical person like me, you think a lot. You are compulsively problem-solving, analyzing, plotting, ideating, imagining, wh...

See Part 1 discussion on how to generate ideas here . This covers how to execute on ideas and how to take care of yourself Generated by Bing...

Generated by Bing GPT chat, with no edits.  This is a possible conversation between Paul Graham, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman where they ...

A popular friend of mine once shared a trick to liven up any gathering.  "I just make up a game." He went on to demonstrate by mak...

Couple of years ago, I reached out to a smart person to see if he wanted to invest in a friend's startup.  His response was quick and co...

This is probably the most valuable question you can ask when working on anything. A very common failure mode for founders, PMs, software tea...

Four years ago, I spent $12 to register www.aswathkrishnan.com and then spent a few days on and off wrestling with Blogger to create a free ...

Most of us aren't fans of chores. So "favorite chore" sounds like an oxymoron and it's even surprising that billionaires d...

Languishing Naming a problem or an uncomfortable emotion is a good first step towards overcoming it. This is why there was collective relief...

Can something be simple but difficult? At first glance, that seems contradictory. But if you think on it, you'll realize many, many prob...

I recently had an unpleasant experience on a deal with an organization that had an unscrupulous track record. In retrospect, I realize that&...

I am outraged! Aren’t you? They are out there Saying lies   That defy us! Wait, wait   Who are they?   Who is us? Weren’t we all Just one? A...

I went back to Chennai, my hometown, and visited my grandmother in December 2022. It had been a long four years since my previous visit and ...

We are in the midst of a relentless wave of layoffs.  It's really sad how normal and mechanical it is becoming to business leaders, inve...

I had a life-changing epiphany on a recent excursion in the comforts of my own house and surroundings. It was a snow day. I bundled up and w...