Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI The data to answer these questions is no doubt on the web already. There are sites that definitively list every NFL MVP winner. Others accurately compile NFL players’ physical stats. But unless someone has already taken the trouble to compile and publish the exact information you’re looking for, it could be very time-consuming to find. Even if that information exists on a single website, like Wikipedia or NFL.com, it will likely be spread across multiple pages. Getting your answer will still chew up a lot of your time. In addition, imagine when your goal is to get a concise overview of some broader interest or theme, like those I suggested at the top of this chapter (researching supply chain management issues during COVID-19, or a travel itinerary that reflects spe- cific interests). The takeaway: in your overall quest for authoritative infor- mation, GPT-4 helps you start somewhere much closer to the finish line than if you didn’t have it as a resource. More importantly, it possesses this capability because it is able to access and synthesize the web’s information in a significantly different way from existing information resources like Wikipe- dia or traditional search engines. Essentially, GPT-4 arranges vast, unstructured arrays of human knowledge and expres- sion into a more connected and interoperable network, thus amplifying humanity’s ability to compound its collective ideas and impact. So what’s the best way for humanity to take advantage of this imperfect but extremely powerful new tool? 18