Snapshot · Modern Wisdom
Stuart Russell's AI textbook — considered the canonical reference — has been translated into 100 languages, reflecting his authority on algorithmic behavior and the bidirectional relationship between algorithms and human preferences.
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The algorithm has two levers: serve you content you want to click, or nudge your preferences to make them easier to predict. Most people assume it's the first. The terrifying truth, per AI textbook author Stuart Russell, is that it's doing both simultaneously — and over time, you become more predictable, not just more extreme.
The most powerful manipulation tool isn't a script — it's a context shift. Change someone's Perception of the situation, reframe the Context, and grant them Permission, and virtually any behaviour becomes automatic. The Milgram experiment didn't use magic words. It just engineered the right conditions.
Bhanu and his team built approximately 50 free tools to attract search traffic, each linked back to SiteGPT.
With AI coding tools like Cursor, Bhanu can now create a new free marketing tool in less than 5 minutes by referencing existing tools.
Bhanu filters Ahrefs keyword results to show only those with a keyword difficulty below 10, making them realistic ranking targets for any decent website.
Bhanu sets a minimum search volume of 1,000 monthly searches when selecting keywords to target with free tools.
PropGPT averaged 20 downloads per day right after launching on the App Store through influencer marketing.
Eyal and Yali shut down all marketing and spent 4 months completely rebuilding PropGPT from scratch.
PropGPT has accumulated over 40,000 total downloads since launch.
PropGPT's large language model (AI) operating costs are just $20 per month, and the cost is continually falling.
Ad-based monetization works well for game apps where users spend extended time in-session, as seen with Grid and Wordle.
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