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Howdy Folks!

Thomas Thomison here, excited to welcome you to ShowingMyWork.me! Here I share my learnings and failures while discovering all the ways Intelligence is impacting life, the universe and everything. Follow me here and on the socials linked above as I navigate the evovling landscape of decentralized work, creativity, and artificial intelligence.

Reflecting on 2024: A Year of Accelerated Change

Looking back, 2024 was epic in so many ways, and for me specifically, one of those rare "dark night of the soul" years. Fundamental shifts shook me to the core. We've all been there, of course—some of us multiple times. 2024 was a year of massive uncertainty and upheaval, but also profound transformation. It forced me to confront not just the trajectory of how and why I work, but also how I create, learn, and engage with the world at large.

AI—and soon AGI—is reshaping everything at a pace that still takes my breath away. For me, this past year marked a pivotal shift: stepping away from the well-known role of professional Knowledge Worker into the emerging frontier of the AI-augmented Prompt Worker. AI is not just about adopting new tools; it's about embracing a new mindset—one rooted in purpose, agency, creativity, and transparency. This shift feels like decentralization with a twist: we humans have a new and equal partner in the dance of getting things done.

My hope is that as I make my work visible and share experiments and lessons learned, you will feel motivated to explore alongside me. Here's to an amazing 2025!

What Inspired This Site

Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon

Thank you, Austin Kleon, for Show Your Work! This book helped me embrace the PowerShift® Principle of Clarity, and inspired me to show up here, sharing as much transparency as I can stomach (and hopefully you can, too!). I believe creativity isn't about perfection; it's about sharing what you're working on - experiments, failures, and breakthroughs! This site is an invitation for you to come along, witness, and be inspired to share your own work, too.

🔥 Hot Take: OpenAI Deep Research

Just Released

OpenAI Introduces Deep Research →

Explore OpenAI's groundbreaking approach to collaborative research and development

This is the research and writing tool we've been waiting for! Google Notebook LM is awesome, and I am an everyday Perplexity user - never going back to just Googling.

But Deep Research is a different beast. It is vastly more agentic and proactively asks clarifying questions before it starts on its multi-minute endeavor. I think this tool, more than most, points to what's coming: Intelligence is Coming.

Our organizations have always been tools to coordinate effort, allocate resources, and align incentives. Historically, technological shifts—from the Industrial Revolution to the rise of the Knowledge Worker—have continuously reshaped these functions. Now, as AI reaches a new frontier, it's set to redefine our very notion of what an organization is: not merely a holarchic entity but a utility function engineered to express purposeful work. The next evolution in this journey is the Algorithmic Organization—a framework that brings OpenAI's Level 5 vision to life, enabling systems that are self-organizing, self-managing, and entirely intelligent. This research makes the case that, while technology has always transformed work, the coming intelligence revolution will fundamentally alter how we build and understand organizations.

Steam to Superintelligence

Redefining Coordination, Capital, and Incentives

Let me share my thoughts on shifting your mindset when working with AI

First came the Knowledge Worker, followed by the era of Prompt Engineering—a vital stepping stone. But why stop there? It's more powerful to reimagine yourself as a Prompt Worker, and even better to embrace Onboarding Intelligence as a co-worker and collaborator in every facet of your life, work, and organizations. This transformation encourages us to see AI not as a mere technology tool, but as an intelligent partner that helps you express your purpose as a labor of love.

🔍 Behind the Scenes

Get the backstory on how I prompted this search in "Research by OpenAI - Chronicles of a First Test Run"

🔊 The Future of Voice: Crossing the Uncanny Valley

Breakthrough

Sesame's Conversational Voice Research →

Experience their groundbreaking demo that achieves "voice presence" - the magical quality that makes spoken interactions feel real

This is a significant leap forward in conversational AI. What makes Sesame's approach special is how they've tackled the "voice presence" problem - creating AI voices that don't just sound human, but feel human in their emotional expressivity and conversational dynamics.

Their Conversational Speech Model (CSM) represents a fundamental shift in how we'll interact with AI. Try the demo with Maya and Miles - the natural pauses, emotional intelligence, and contextual awareness are remarkable. This is the kind of technology that will make PowerShift® Intelligence even more powerful in the coming months.

Key Components of Voice Presence

• Emotional intelligence: Reading and responding to emotional contexts
• Conversational dynamics: Natural timing, pauses, interruptions and emphasis
• Contextual awareness: Adjusting tone and style to match the situation
• Consistent personality: Maintaining a coherent, reliable and appropriate presence