Screenshot from “The Intelligence Age” as Redaction Poetry

Open AI CEO Sam Altman recently published a short essay called “The Intelligence Age.” Not dissimilar from various essays by other Silicon Valley figures, his obsessions with growth and scale are evident throughout the text. Instead of composing an essayistic response, I used redaction poetry to distill his essay down to its barest most more-obsessed essence.

You can read the redaction poetry version (PDF). You can also read the original if you want to see what didn’t survive the redactions.

You may also be interested in my redaction poetry of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s “Techno-Optimist Manifesto.” At this point, I’m thinking this should evolve into a series of tech billionaire vision essay redaction poems. I’m sure I won’t have to wait too long for the next one to come along.