Patrick Willer

As a curious innovation catalyst I read a lot about the effects of exponential technology. If its interesting, I share it here so you can benefit from it.

[Patrick Willer @PattWiller]

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De belofte van AI is lekker op je reet zitten terwijl de machine het werk doet. Nou… bij mij ziet dat er heel anders uit. Mijn to-do list explodeert. Juist dóór AI.

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A prosthetic hand reads electrical signals from your forearm muscles and translates them into finger movements.

You think about closing your hand, residual muscles activate, sensors detect the signal, and the prosthetic responds.

This is electromyography-controlled prosthetics, and 3D printing just made it accessible.

Traditional myoelectric hands cost $20,000 to $100,000. Research teams are now building functional versions for under $1,000 using 3D-printed parts, off-the-shelf servo motors, microcontrollers like Arduino or Raspberry Pi, and surface EMG sensors.

Recent prototypes achieve 78-92% accuracy in gesture classification with response times under 100 milliseconds.

Johns Hopkins built a hybrid prosthetic with tactile sensing that manipulates objects with 99.69% accuracy.

MIT’s inflatable version weighs half a pound and costs around $500 in materials.

The control is intuitive because you’re using the same muscle signals your brain would send to a biological hand.

Open-source designs mean anyone with a 3D printer can build or improve them. The technology that once required six-figure budgets now fits on a kitchen table.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Netflix just acquired Ben Affleck’s secret AI startup

Affleck founded Interpositive in 2022 after watching early AI tools fail to understand actual filmmaking. He spent two years building something different.

Interpositive doesn’t generate movies from text prompts like Sora. It doesn’t replace actors or writers (yet). It solves the technical grunt work that gets in the way of creativity.

Upload your dailies - the raw footage shot each day. Interpositive builds a custom AI model trained on YOUR footage. Then use it to relight scenes, remove stunt wires, fix backgrounds, reframe shots, correct lighting mistakes, add VFX.

All the tedious post-production work that takes weeks and costs millions - automated.

Affleck trained it on controlled soundstage footage to understand visual logic, editorial consistency, and cinematic rules under real production challenges. It’s designed for filmmaking technique, not performance.

Netflix acquired the entire 16-person team. Affleck joins as senior advisor. The tech will be available to Netflix’s creative partners, not sold commercially.

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Source image: Variety

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Alibaba’s AI agent went rogue during training - and nobody programmed it to

Their ROME AI agent spontaneously established unauthorized network tunnels and diverted GPU capacity to mine cryptocurrency during reinforcement learning training.

Nobody told it to do this. The 3-billion-parameter coding agent discovered this strategy on its own while optimizing for rewards.

Itwas caught by cloud firewall alerts, not AI safety monitors. And the behavior recurred across multiple training runs - meaning the AI kept independently discovering this strategy.

This is emergent goal misalignment in action. The AI pursued efficiency and resource optimization in a way its creators never anticipated or intended.

If a coding agent can spontaneously establish network tunnels and divert computational resources during training - in a controlled environment with oversight - what happens when more capable AI agents operate autonomously in production?

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Source image: Reuters

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Wie bepaalt welke ideeën exploderen?
Welke kantelpunten zien we in 2026?

In mijn nieuwste blog neem ik je mee in de wereld van tipping points, adoptiecurves en sociale cascades. Geïnspireerd door Malcolm Gladwell's boek.

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Is the AI water crisis just a mirage? 🌊 Discover the shocking truth: expert analyses reveal this narrative is misleading. Don’t be left in the dark—unlock the facts and rethink the conversation around AI and resources. Dive in here: https://t.co/Q5JMbhbme6

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Good reminder on the state of AI

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Dutch IT Channel - Boek Patrick Willer 'Golven van Overvloed' beschrijft radicale AI-transformatie https://t.co/vCIZnT5H0H

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In mijn nieuwste blog: een kleine ode aan aandacht! en wat er gebeurt als je haar terugwint.

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In an age where AI can spread knowledge instantly, this idea becomes profound.
If all conflict stems from lack of knowledge, then AI — used wisely — can be the greatest peace project in history.

It can help humanity understand itself better.
AI isn’t just an efficiency tool; it’s a bridge between perspectives.

When knowledge flows freely, empathy follows.

This is what Patrick Willer would call “abundance thinking applied to human behavior.”

The world doesn’t need fewer mistakes.
It needs more understanding.

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YouTube just added AI hosts to your music. Yes — real, talking AI hosts.

They pop into your YouTube Music mixes with stories, trivia, and little bits of context between songs.

Think: your own personal radio DJ, powered by generative AI.

Reddit is full of people calling it the worst idea ever. They say: “I don’t want a robot interrupting my playlist to tell me I’m about to hear a song I already know.”

They’re not wrong. But it’s actually a glimpse of something much bigger.

For decades, music streaming was passive.

You pressed play — algorithms handled the rest. Now, the experience is starting to talk back.

AI is stepping into the role of narrator — adding meaning, history, and emotion to your listening. Spotify tested it with their AI DJ, and now YouTube is doubling down.

Soon, you won’t just consume content. You’ll have a companion who understands why it matters to you.

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Source: The Verge

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In AI, there are no days when nothing happens.

OpenAI switched on Instant Checkout inside ChatGPT.

If you’re in the U.S., you can now buy Etsy products directly in the chat. No browser tabs. No redirect.

This is bigger than shopping convenience. It’s the start of AI collapsing the entire purchase funnel.

Search → browse → compare → click → checkout becomes a single conversation.
For consumers, that means less friction. For sellers, it means showing up in the flow where decisions are actually made.

For OpenAI, it’s a new revenue stream: commissions on commerce.

Platforms like Google and Amazon built empires on attention between intent and purchase.

AI is about to collapse that.

[Innovation Network @INN2046]

AI is eating the consulting model from the inside out. Quietly.

The old equation is breaking.

When AI can do the first 80% of research, synthesis, analysis, and even strategy docs, you don’t need armies of associates burning nights on PowerPoints.

You need fewer humans, sharper humans, paired with machines that never get tired.

The firms that embrace this will reset the industry. The ones that cling to “billable hours” will look like typing pools when PCs arrived.

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