tech, startups, internet

Are we watching the internet die?

Here’s a very opinionated piece worth reading. The author, Ed Zitron, is not a fan of the content created by generative AI. “[The internet executives’] ideal situation isn’t one where you visit distinct websites with content created by human beings, […]

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High-speed humanoid robot hands in action.

This link offers both a video of the robot in action (autonomously) and of researcher Suzanne Gildert explaining the technology. “When you train on data coming from hands, you find that all hand movements are combinations of these basic movements […]

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The unit economics of AI.

“If you’ve already put two and two together, you understand this: the cost of knowledge work has just decreased by orders of magnitude. Why? The floor has dropped out on the price of information.” ~ learn more

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Asset-light software businesses.

“With all of these changes, nirvana is near: software as a variable cost business. No longer does a new software business need to default to developers, sales reps, or customer success managers to reliably generate cash flow at scale. Every […]

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A quant winter’s tale.

This might include the best explanation of factor investing I’ve seen yet. “If you throw a rock anywhere in AQR’s surprisingly dowdy headquarters in Greenwich, chances are high you’ll hit a University of Chicago graduate, and at least decent that […]