Philip Deng

Field Notes

Essays by Philip Deng

Philip Deng is the co-founder and CEO of Grantable. Field Notes is where he writes in his own voice about AI, the social sector, and where the two meet — from inside the company, but not the company line.

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Field Notes

Our Sector Is Getting AI and Energy Wrong

· 9 min read
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Field Notes

The Recent History of AI, in Six Eras

· 10 min read
Documents travel a dotted path across a dashed seam: half-written on the amethyst side, marked up in marigold by a separate reviewer on the other side, watched by an emerald eye at the seam, and leaving with an emerald check
Field Notes

Stop Checking Everything AI Produces

· 12 min read