tech, startups, internet
AI today (a year and a half ago).
“This is the condensed version of the “Fireside Chat: With Ilya Sutskever and Jensen Huang: AI Today and Vision of the Future (March 2023)”” ~ learn more
better doing
Even good people make teams go slower.
“I have a simple model of why adding more people to your team – even good people who are working hard, etc – can make your team go slower.” ~ learn more
tech, startups, internet
Do AI companies work?
“In other words, the billions that AWS spent on building data centers is a lasting defense. The billions that OpenAI spent on building prior versions of GPT is not, because better versions of it are already available for free on […]
better doing
Fallacies that aren’t fallacies.
“Fallacy implies it’s dumb because it runs against cold, hard, scintillating, pure, perfect logic. But I don’t agree with some of that perfect logic.” ~ learn more
tech, startups, internet
The state of AI report 2024.
This 7th annual report by Nathan Benaich of Air Street Capital is as educational as ever. It’s also available as a condensed blog post and video. ~ learn more
tech, startups, internet
Why lifetime value is relevant again in software.
“If paybacks are 4.5 years & LTVs are five years, that data should provoke strategic questions about the company operations.” ~ learn more
tech, startups, internet
How the semiconductor industry actually works.
One of the comments on Youtube for this interview is “Feels like you need a security clearance for this episode”. I absolutely loved this discussion between Semianalysis publisher Dylan Patel, Asianometry creator Jon Y, and podcaster Dwarkesh Patel. Highly recommended. […]
tech, startups, internet
Introducing Torso, a bimanual android actuated with artificial muscles.
I don’t know what to say. The future is going to get weird. Watch this. ~ learn more
fun facts
Keep the units.
“Of all the cognitive tools our ancestors left us, what’s best? Society seems to think pretty highly of arithmetic. It’s one of the first things we learn as children. So I think it’s weird that only a tiny percentage of […]
oh, chicago
Chicago rapper Lil Durk charger in murder-for-hire plot.
“Long a star of the Chicago drill scene, Lil Durk’s celebrity has grown in recent years. He’s been photographed with Mayor Brandon Johnson, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and local aldermen. He was recently invited to join […]