LowLift.ai

Developing a third consciousness

Yo I just thought of something. What if we made an AI.

One time I had an idea that it would be sick if you could invest in a person like a stock. And I was like, “Yo it’d be sick if you could invest in a person like a stock. You should invest in me because I am lowkey a font of game-changing ideas.”

Now imagine if you had invested in me back then when I first had the idea and mentioned it out loud. You’d be sitting on a golden ticket, and your time to cash in has come: I just came up with something awesome.

What if we developed a Low Lift Ask AI.

AI is straight up sick af right now and imagine if we had one of our own. Imagine if Ritam and I were to develop a third consciousness, one outside the traditional bounds of the physical, blood-and-flesh form, that could produce similar witticisms and blog posts. The opportunities would be endless. We could even use lowlift.ai as a domain name.

And then imagine if we made that public and we were like “Yo we developed an AI for our stupid newsletter.” And you’d go like:

“What? What does that even mean”

And I’d go like: “What”

And you’d go: “And also why do you keep using that indefinite article. An. An AI. It sounds so fucking stupid.”

And honestly? I’d be hurt. But then I’d think about it. Because what you’re saying maybe kind of rings true deep down—what am I even really talking about. What would a Low Lift Ask AI even do.

So then I’d be like—wait. I should be thinking one step ahead. Remember when all those people invested in me like I was a stock? They pumped money into me, engorging me with money, filling me up with their loads of money, I’m tumescent with money. I’m swelled tf up because I’m a stock as a person. What they were really doing was calling their shot, because that’s what I meant when I said “Yo imagine if you could invest in people like they were a stock.”

And I really have to show up for all my investors. And so then I’d essentially develop a different life-changing technology, perhaps something like a “physical third space where all the dreamers/creatives in NYC can interact with each other and bond in soul-nourishing conversation!” Something like that.

But before all that remember when I was like “Yo what if we developed an AI.” Check this out:

I have decided to set up payment plans for this Substack, solely to subsidize this new domain name. I am working with the Substack team to make sure you can all pay me directly, without having to go through their corny ass POS partnership with Stripe. Please pay what you can—and I know you can pay a lot. All we need is $50 for this first year. We can do it, team. Don’t skimp out on me. If everyone chipped in like 7 cents (I calculated based on subscriber numbers) we’d get there. Come on, man.

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