John Kalua

I talk sports. Mostly football and I am a 49ers fan.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

Most logical approach to the AI future I have seen to date

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

https://t.co/vLmiBKTtX3

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

I'm going to sound like a homer, but the Garret move should worry SEA more than the SF. Purdy is going to be Purdy he is a gun slinger and going to throw a pick a game with or without Garret on the field, however Sam Darnold can get rattled and shut down for the game.

[Larry Krueger @sportslarryk]

For the #49ers and their fans It’s frustrating to see the Rams going for it, BUT two quick thoughts:
-Honestly, I’d rather have Verse and those 3 picks.
-This blows up in LA’s face if their 38-year-old QB, with a bad back, gets hurt, and Alaric Jackson/Warren McClendon is their 1st team OT combo.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@sportslarryk @OurSf49ers When the news broke my mind went to Garret and Verse on the field together. Now looking at it, I don't think the 13th ranked DE a 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the #1 DE is a good deal. People rush to sack stats but the bigger improvement from Verse to Garret is Run defense.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

Keep Juan for the right price but no more than $15m a year, and resign Pineiro for marker value, and strong consideration to bring back skyy moore as a return specialist and that's about it... That's about it.

[David Lombardi @LombardiHimself]

49ers' pending unrestricted free agents:

Jauan Jennings
Eddy Piñeiro
Yetur Gross-Matos
Jordan Elliott
Garret Wallow
Clelin Ferrell
Curtis Robinson
Thomas Morstead
Eric Kendricks
Brian Robinson Jr.
Ben Bartch
Jon Weeks
Skyy Moore
Kendrick Bourne
Luke Gifford
Kevin Givens
Spencer Burford
Jason Pinnock
Matt Hennessy
Patrick Taylor
Trent Taylor

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

I agree but Kyle Shanahan needs to dig deep into his bag because this offense isn't doing squat.

[Emmanuel Acho @EmmanuelAcho]

The @49ers miss Trent Williams and Fred Warner more than ever today. The talent is one piece but the Niners NEED A BULLY ON THE FIELD!!

There’s not enough energy, not enough dawg, not enough anger or aggression on the field for the Niners!

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@Chase_Senior So in other words, they can't win the 1 seed in the NFC. Vegas has it at less than 1%... Fun fact, while also a less than 1% chance, they have better odds of not making the playoffs than getting the 1 seed.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@FTFonFS1 @getnickwright If you say 8 years, which is how many seasons Mahomes has been a starter, instead of 7, then you lose this argument to multiple teams. But even with 7, I'm pretty sure the Steelers and Patriots won more SB and were more dominant over 7 year periods.

[KNBR @KNBR]

JESUS CHRIST LIZARD.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

Lol

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@TmzTucson @grok is this story true?

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@katiehobbs There is no requirement for any of these companies to hire Arizona people, TSMC had to bring most of the skill labor they needed from Taiwan, if you don't believe me you can ask Intel what the "Copy Exact" model is for new foundry and fabrication plants...🤦

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@grantcohn Colton McKivitz is a lack of options starter, don't know if he is "core". John Lynch knows in hindsight the Buckner move is still his biggest blunder, I would even say over Trey Lance. Everyone knows the draft is a gamble but Buckner was a known all star and he chose to move him.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@MySportsUpdate Not a fan of either team but at the moment of impact his entire body most be behind the white line in the end zone, which is clearly not the case.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

Oh man, to Brock Purdy standards Mathew Stafford must be a trash QB.

[Emmanuel Acho @EmmanuelAcho]

Matthew Stafford goes 28 touchdowns without an interception, then throws 2 interceptions in 3 plays, yikes!!

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@sportslarryk @KNBR @Adamcopes @dpapapops @MaioccoNBCS Larry I think no one will argue that Brock had a bad 1st half, but the narrative you are trying to spin about the result is they took the ball out of his hands is bogus. Kyle wants to run the ball, but it's like you're upset that Kyle isn't throwing more with the lead...

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@StatsOnFire I think people are being optimistic about how good of a WR he will be. I think shanahan is giving everyone lip service on how close he is to returning.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@LombardiHimself And this video shows nothing about football, running straight won't be the problem, with enough training he could recover most of his speed... Planting and pivoting will take more to recover his game if ever again. People forget it was a knee reconstruction, not just an ACL.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@Chase_Senior 18/26, 220+ p-yards, 2TD 2INT

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@grantcohn If contracts were equal then it's Brock Purdy, but if Brock is an early second round pick then Mac Jones is late second round pick.

[John Kalua @JKalua4]

@Chase_Senior Your out of touch, if you were 21 the last time they won a SB your in your 50's, if you were 21 and witnessed the 1st SB your in your 60's. Social media activity falls off sharply for those age demographics. The majority of the people interacting with have only seen SB losses.