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You’re not talking to someone who woke up a loser. That loser attitude, that loser premise makes no sense to me.
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THAT'S RIGHT. 🇺🇸
The directly relevant history: https://t.co/qS9vvaX9Pl
AI is facing the same policy choice that defined the internet era.
@AdamThierer, senior fellow at R Street Institute and a 30-year tech policy historian:
"When I was growing up in the '70s, it was a big deal when we got a telephone that was a different color and had a longer cord. That was innovation back in the '70s."
"Then the internet came along, we decided to have a firm firewall between that old era of regulated monopoly and the new world of digital technologies. We allowed them to be born free of government top-down control."
"And we saw this flowering of entrepreneurialism and creativity and culture because of that policy choice."
"Are we going to allow it to continue to be a technology of freedom? Or are we gonna bottle it all up and centralize?"
There was a huge fight in the 70’s and 80’s to prevent attaching other telephones and other telephone cords to the phone network. Really. https://t.co/kbDjJBmYu7
AI is facing the same policy choice that defined the internet era.
@AdamThierer, senior fellow at R Street Institute and a 30-year tech policy historian:
"When I was growing up in the '70s, it was a big deal when we got a telephone that was a different color and had a longer cord. That was innovation back in the '70s."
"Then the internet came along, we decided to have a firm firewall between that old era of regulated monopoly and the new world of digital technologies. We allowed them to be born free of government top-down control."
"And we saw this flowering of entrepreneurialism and creativity and culture because of that policy choice."
"Are we going to allow it to continue to be a technology of freedom? Or are we gonna bottle it all up and centralize?"
AI is facing the same policy choice that defined the internet era.
@AdamThierer, senior fellow at R Street Institute and a 30-year tech policy historian:
"When I was growing up in the '70s, it was a big deal when we got a telephone that was a different color and had a longer cord. That was innovation back in the '70s."
"Then the internet came along, we decided to have a firm firewall between that old era of regulated monopoly and the new world of digital technologies. We allowed them to be born free of government top-down control."
"And we saw this flowering of entrepreneurialism and creativity and culture because of that policy choice."
"Are we going to allow it to continue to be a technology of freedom? Or are we gonna bottle it all up and centralize?"
Interesting.
Great piece from @AndyMasley today on the data center moral panic.
I agree with his conclusion that aside from a handful of particular air pollution instances, the soloing out of data centers is purely a moral panic. There’s just no metric on which they are clearly worse than other industry, and on most they are far better.
Even the electricity price rise point, which could in theory come to pass in a couple locations, is basically reliant on a presumption where we all screw up and let data centers spike grid demand but also don’t protect ratepayers.
This is incredibly unlikely to happen! People are very aware of the scale of load being added to the grid, and politicians are very sensitive to ratepayers. My default here is that we either figure it out or at least push off the grid to protect ratepayers. Which, tbc, is far from ideal, but wouldn’t harm ratepayers.
So afaict there isn’t a real claim to be made here. Data centers are good infrastructure that are driving quite a lot of other innovation through their demand. You should support them!
https://t.co/QXQi3Atudk
Great piece from @AndyMasley today on the data center moral panic.
I agree with his conclusion that aside from a handful of particular air pollution instances, the soloing out of data centers is purely a moral panic. There’s just no metric on which they are clearly worse than other industry, and on most they are far better.
Even the electricity price rise point, which could in theory come to pass in a couple locations, is basically reliant on a presumption where we all screw up and let data centers spike grid demand but also don’t protect ratepayers.
This is incredibly unlikely to happen! People are very aware of the scale of load being added to the grid, and politicians are very sensitive to ratepayers. My default here is that we either figure it out or at least push off the grid to protect ratepayers. Which, tbc, is far from ideal, but wouldn’t harm ratepayers.
So afaict there isn’t a real claim to be made here. Data centers are good infrastructure that are driving quite a lot of other innovation through their demand. You should support them!
https://t.co/QXQi3Atudk
Many people are saying.
Tom Hanks shares the best advice he’s ever received
“Throw deep. If you’re gonna do it, do it”
“If you have the chance, do it. Don’t pause. If you’ve got an instinct, go at it”
Tom Hanks shares the best advice he’s ever received
“Throw deep. If you’re gonna do it, do it”
“If you have the chance, do it. Don’t pause. If you’ve got an instinct, go at it”
Interesting.
The key threat to the profitability of frontier models is open weights. If they scare the hell out of everyone, the natural move will be to forbid them and allow only"trusted developers" . Sorry for being cynical . https://t.co/SmmrTtffk4
The key threat to the profitability of frontier models is open weights. If they scare the hell out of everyone, the natural move will be to forbid them and allow only"trusted developers" . Sorry for being cynical . https://t.co/SmmrTtffk4
Cloudflare is a wonder of the modern world. Respect!
@pmarca Lesson learned. 😘
Legend!
David Siegel was programming supercomputers at age 12 at NYU. By 40 he co-founded Two Sigma - $60B AUM, no retail clients, no marketing, almost no interviews.
At MIT - his alma mater - he sat down with the Dean of Computing and said: "The hype is absolutely remarkable. I've never seen anything quite like it."
He still believes machines will outperform any human investor. He built his $8B fortune proving it.
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30 minutes. MIT. Bookmark it.
David Siegel was programming supercomputers at age 12 at NYU. By 40 he co-founded Two Sigma - $60B AUM, no retail clients, no marketing, almost no interviews.
At MIT - his alma mater - he sat down with the Dean of Computing and said: "The hype is absolutely remarkable. I've never seen anything quite like it."
He still believes machines will outperform any human investor. He built his $8B fortune proving it.
↓
30 minutes. MIT. Bookmark it.
Co-sign.
.@AdrianDittmann is Zoomer-pilled.
"If I were to be optimistic about one thing, I'm optimistic about Gen Z. I think they have the potential to become God's most locked in soldiers."
"While they consume a lot of ridiculous stuff via the internet, it isn't their fault. In spite of this, they've proven to be an exceptionally resilient, informed, and capable generation."
"It's not about the tools. It's about the people using the tools first and foremost."
"You're better off training somebody on how to use their stick than to ban the stick... if they know what they're doing, any threat actor, enemy, or even a misaligned system will have no chance."
.@AdrianDittmann is Zoomer-pilled.
"If I were to be optimistic about one thing, I'm optimistic about Gen Z. I think they have the potential to become God's most locked in soldiers."
"While they consume a lot of ridiculous stuff via the internet, it isn't their fault. In spite of this, they've proven to be an exceptionally resilient, informed, and capable generation."
"It's not about the tools. It's about the people using the tools first and foremost."
"You're better off training somebody on how to use their stick than to ban the stick... if they know what they're doing, any threat actor, enemy, or even a misaligned system will have no chance."
On the other hand, we enter every founder conversation hoping desperately they will knock our socks off.
There are no casual meetings with VC’s.
There are no casual meetings with VC’s.
Two of our worst VC stories:
1. A Sequoia partner passed on Cloudflare because he didn’t think a woman could lead a security infrastructure company. Seriously. 🙄
2. I got introduced to @pmarca. Meeting got scheduled for a Monday, which should have been a clue. I thought it was just a casual meeting. He thought it was a pitch and brought the whole @a16z partnership team. Hilarity ensued. 🤪 At one point one of them said: “You don’t seem very prepared.” Which was true because I wasn’t. I framed the rejection letter they sent.
Co-sign.
Why being young in the age of AI is an incredible advantage
@ccatalini, former head economist at Meta:
"I disagree with the doomerism, these are the best tools we ever had to push people to the frontier."
"I wish I was 20 again and could just redo my own career trajectory using AI. It's such an amazing tool for learning your innate talent, iterating on it, experimenting, shipping, creating."
"The talent landscape is very jagged right now, people will find a different spot on that frontier."
"If you're young and scared about AI, embrace it, use these tools to skip the ladder. The tools are here. I think it's good news."
Why being young in the age of AI is an incredible advantage
@ccatalini, former head economist at Meta:
"I disagree with the doomerism, these are the best tools we ever had to push people to the frontier."
"I wish I was 20 again and could just redo my own career trajectory using AI. It's such an amazing tool for learning your innate talent, iterating on it, experimenting, shipping, creating."
"The talent landscape is very jagged right now, people will find a different spot on that frontier."
"If you're young and scared about AI, embrace it, use these tools to skip the ladder. The tools are here. I think it's good news."
i still think about this
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