Dave Whittemore (@dwhittemore) 's Twitter Profile
Dave Whittemore

@dwhittemore

VP AI Product, @BetterUp, after acquisition of @PracticaHQ. Dad, husband. Alum @southpkcommons, @thinkful, @clotheshorse, @ondeckcapital

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The most valuable skill in business is about to become obsolete. Designing a killer slide deck used to take days. Now AI can do it in seconds for anyone. Introducing Gamma: your AI design partner for presenting ideas beautifully. Launching today at gamma.app

Andy Scheff (@ajscheff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm super proud of this work. The real treat was all the individuals and teams that I collaborated with along the journey. There is a lot of passion and energy around this topic. Special shoutout to @endangeredmassa and Jamie Talbot for conversations that felt extra insightful.

Dave Whittemore (@dwhittemore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This video is incredibly inspiring. “Do you view this season as a failure?” “There is no failure in sports… only steps to success. You’re asking the wrong question.”

Luca Rossi ꩜ (@lucaronin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A few weeks ago I interviewed Andy Scheff, CTO and Founder at Practica, at an event organized in the Refactoring community 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=xpPasT…

Dave Whittemore (@dwhittemore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We need more "ivy league" supply. It's going to be difficult to get the ivy league to expand itself with more uni's... Why doesn't someone create a university alliance designed to compete with it? Won't be easy, won't be overnight, but the sooner it starts...

Dave Whittemore (@dwhittemore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I tried out Threads. Their (current) strategy is not going to work. Picture-sharers and text-writers started self-selecting into separate apps >10 years ago. There's some overlap, but not much. So, creating a pipeline of known picture-sharers into a text-writing app?

Dave Whittemore (@dwhittemore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tips to identify text created by AI: * LLMs love to use extra sentences at the beginning and end of paragraphs (& passages) that summarize, without much value. * LLMs seem to write the opposite of the way Earnest Hemingway did. They're long-winded and not casual. Lots of filler.

Dave Whittemore (@dwhittemore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

AI tutoring for kids learning to read, using evidence-based methods / science of reading, 100% needs to exist in this world. Teachers simply don't have the time to give every child the help they need. Millions of children could get lifted up by this. Cheers John Danner & team!

Dave Whittemore (@dwhittemore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This thread is a powerhouse of insights, from both of the perspectives of Jamie Quint & Karri Saarinen. Cheers to both of you for engaging thoughtfully and directly on this!

Ro Khanna (@rokhanna) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The American people believe Congress is broken. They are correct. Here's my plan to fix it. ✅ Ban *all* PAC and lobbyist money from Congress ✅ Ban Congress members from trading stocks ✅ Enact term limits for Congress members and SCOTUS Justices ✅ Ban Congress members from