Sebastian McKinlay

Angel investor in EAC. Optimistic about the future of Africa, most of the time.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@carm1nee If Grok intelligence is now near the frontier and cost per intelligence is well below the frontier, how is this possible at such low cumulative investment compared to OpenAI and Anthropic? Does this mean barrier to entry is low and best RoI is from late market entry?

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

if @grok, let alone Chinese competitors, can compete with @OpenAI and @claudeai with a fraction of their investment what does that mean about the RoI on their spend? Can someone explain how @grok can catch up with them so fast given @elonmusk announced just recently a rebuild?

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

How ironic to hear @RoryStewartUK lambasting @gabriel_zucman for being an idealist which gave Rory licence to aggressively try and take him apart, to immediately tell us about how his life and all of our lives could be changed by ten days of silence and inner reflection. Mmm.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@DarioAmodei Let's discuss bringing Claude Corps to Africa.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@charliekirk11 Now you want to start applying sanctions against any country that imprisons someone for an act that is a crime in the country in which it was committed but isn't a crime in America? This will be a very long list. Or have you just got a soft spot for Tommy Robinson?

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@elonmusk Musk officially losing his mind! Is this what he means by Twitter being the most reliable source of news? Reading his unsubstantiated and wildly unlikely claims?

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

I wish they would make Twitter subscription only so I would have good reason to delete it. As an experiment, I have opened it once a day for the last 30 days and on each of them Elon Musk was the first Tweet served to me.

Today it is wall to wall @elonmusk. So dull.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

In the 1970s no one acted differently to anyone else. Everyone was just the same.

[Larry Cook @stopvaccinating]

I’m 60 years old.

When I was growing up and going to school in the 70s and early 80s, I do not remember even ONE student being autistic or being on the spectrum or acting differently than everyone else.

NOT ONE

You?

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@elonmusk I cannot remember getting a piece of reliable and insightful news from Twitter before other media sources. It's so full of self promoting Tweets that it's not possible to find anything useful. Every now and then I come back and try again but always leave disappointed.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@elonmusk When there is every opinion and counter opinion imaginable on Twitter how can I use it as a source of news other than by following traditional media? This is a nonsensical statement by @elonmusk unfortunately like many statements he makes these days.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@elonmusk Yesterday Elon didn't know anything about US aid. Today he has a clear opinion it should be ended. He is a fast learner but in this circumstance I suspect he's just offering strong opinions about things he knows very little about. It seems to be a growing trend with him.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@elonmusk The fact @elonmusk doesn't know the answer to his own question highlights how much he has to learn about how US gov spends it money. You would think he would have researched this already. And why is he asking Twitter to tell him the answer?

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@RoryStewartUK He must have looked at the fact Jack Smith was dropping the charges against Trump and thought "he gets away with it but my son goes to jail, no way". I think that's understandable.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@joeroganhq Of course not. Have another comedian, TV personality, ex military, UFC dude, fringe scientist etc. You are just providing light hearted entertainment after all and not actually a service that is socially useful or part of the debate.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

I am glad that the #doge experiment on government efficiency isn't been done in my country but also hope it produces significant results which can be copied in other governments around the world. More efficiency government would be a big win. Where will you start @VivekGRamaswamy

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@elonmusk What's your plan on climate focused regulation, @elonmusk? Is man made climate change a great threat to mankind or not?

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

Is #warrenbuffett selling his @Apple stock as it may be one of the biggest losers from @DonaldTrump new regime of tariffs? Moving iphone production to USA would be a near impossible task given the maturity of the supply chain in Asia that has been built over more than a decade.

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

How does @elonmusk feel about Trump's energy and climate policies?

[Sebastian McKinlay @Seb_McKinlay]

@TheTrueFIREGuy @chamath Conceding to Putin will not end the war, it will embolden him to more war.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Kenya keeps extorting and harassing visitors at the airport.

It’s about to get worse with mandatory phone IMEI registration