"The key way to think about Silicon Valley is it’s a machine for running experiments & most of the experiments won’t work & that’s the plan." @a16z's @BenedictEvans ht @ritholtz https://t.co/wQJ7yhvaKc

Fits 420+Easter+AI theme via ⁦@jasonzada⁩

ChatGPT contribution to Easter+420 observation. Heavy user of AI, not of cannabis, but appreciate the quality of life that responsible & legal application of both help folks pursue.

Anyone else having buggy Tesla app response for remote control of windows, charging, etc.? Been super buggy for me over past three months...

Watching final 49ers game this season. Wondering as Moody misses another field goal if he has photos or dirt on management. His worst-in-football record is now a statement on leadership more than on his broken will. Failure to replace has cost 49ers momentum, games & confidence.

Been a minute since I’ve posted or even visited Twitter—which is to say the platform I joined, loved, contributed to and received so much in return from. Not X. I’m giving BlueSky a shot if you want to connect there.

Kevin Piette, paraplegic since an accident, made history today by carrying the Olympic flame with his exoskeleton! 💪

We’re looking for the best early-stage #startups that can bring transformative innovation to market to showcase and pitch their company on stage at @TechCrunch #TCDisrupt2024 this September. Applications close August 30. Apply today! 🛰 https://t.co/xbjngfHa7C

The problem isn’t that America isn’t worth defending. The problem is that you’re an arrogant, entitled whiner who has no idea how good you have it.

openai now generates about 100 billion words per day. all people on earth generate about 100 trillion words per day.

Prediction: Sam Altman will get his 5 $7 trillion, in big part by the United States government and allies, in order to ensure the West achieves AGI before other regions. Whoever achieves AGI first rules the world. It is likely the last invention humans ever create. Have a

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Peak startups? Contrarian view: costs less to start & become viable plus new platforms driving down barriers for dev, design & GTM. Haters gonna hate, and Founders’s gonna found. Founders will find alt sources of funding and best will rise to the obvious for venture funding.

Bosa after interception

Thesis for KITE supported by data: external startup innovation replacing, augmenting and accelerating corporate innovation

Single best SNL cold open by Pete Davidson imo

Less than a week since OpenAI started rolling out ChatGPT vision. And people have been busy executing god-like tasks. 35 truly mind-boggling examples: (29th is my favorite)

OpenAI just dropped DALL-E 3, and it's a game-changer for AI image generation. Insane results. And it’s available inside of Bing Chat for free! Here's a quick tutorial and 7 wild use cases:

Less than 31 hours since OpenAI started dropping the ChatGPT vision feature on pro users... People are scratching their heads in disbelief. 10 wild examples:

Well, you can’t accuse them of lack of ambition. (What is the NPV of “all future value in the universe”?)

This headline would have seemed absurd even a year ago.