In the age of AI, the experimenter mindset matters more than hustle.

Hustle is about the grind, about continually tackling small tasks.

But to discover interesting things to do with LLMs in this early era will require curiosity, earnestness, a sense of play, a willingness to experiment.

Intellectual interest is not sufficient; you have to actually play with LLMs to learn what they can do.

They resist study from afar, they are too squishy and complex.

The only way to learn to use them is to use them.