Clippy is back. But instead of offering to help write your resume, he is your competition. tomshardware.com/tech-industry/…

engineering folks

Huh. Looks like Plato was right. A new paper shows all language models converge on the same "universal geometry" of meaning. Researchers can translate between ANY model's embeddings without seeing the original text. Implications for philosophy and vector databases alike.

Frank Slootman: “Being a CEO is a highly confrontational role” “I’ve gone one record a few times and people have taken me to task on it, when I’ve said that being a CEO is a highly confrontational role. But they think that ‘confrontational’ means I’m grabbing people by the

I once did something like this in a coffee shop along the front range in Colorado. I did not realize that having earbuds in would blind me to the volume of my own voice.

When is ai going to solve repopulating fireflies?

Sergey Brin at All-In Miami: “We don’t circulate this too much in the AI community… but all models tend to do better if you threaten them—with physical violence. Historically, you just say, ‘I’m going to kidnap you if you don’t blah blah blah.’”

We had $100 MM in funding and two sites under construction to build West into the largest automated checkout gas station / convenience store chain in the country.... maybe the world. How we got there and why we called it off (🧵):

Bro how was the show Silicon Valley so consistently 10 years ahead of its time 🤣

Ever had a random car wheel fly off the highway and smash into your business? The driver didn’t stop. Didn’t report it. Just enough damage to be a pain, but not enough for insurance to care. Owning a business: the adventure no one warns you about.

Heard this line today and it hit so damn hard: “We only dream to the size of our exposures. Because what we’re exposed to is the only things we think are reachable.”

Look, ChadGPT and I fixed my HVAC this morning. Total cost: $19 for a new capacitor. Next move? Launch an AI-powered home services company. Same job retails for $500–$1,000 depending on how confused the customer looks. Exit strategy: sell to PE for $10 million and buy a yacht.

The clearer your thoughts, the deeper you can take them without loss of coherence

I will now.

To the driver who lost a wheel and didn’t stop: You also lost your nuts. Both of them. We found them rolling through the grass behind the shop. They're a little banged up, but we’ve got them safe. Come claim them anytime… if you’ve got the guts.

Couple of guys try to make sense of song lyrics.

This is not to say that “AI is going to make everyone insane”, but it feels similar to how alcohol is relatively harmless for most people yet ruinous for people with certain predispositions. IMO we need to understand which groups are high-risk, spread awareness, and establish