Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot. https://t.co/0fs3ANBmtR
A few weeks ago, my startup was accepted into the famous Y Combinator startup accelerator–honestly, a dream come true
But in a crazy turn of events, we ended up declining their offer
Convos with 30+ top investors and founders helped inform our decision
🧵 Here’s why:
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- Engineer: I invented this new thing. I call it a ballpen 🖊️
- TwitterSphere: OMG, people could write horrible things with it, like misinformation, propaganda, hate speech. Ban it now!
- Writing Doomers: imagine if everyone can get a ballpen. This could destroy society. There should be a law against using ballpen to write hate speech. regulate ballpens now!
- Pencil industry mogul: yeah, ballpens are very dangerous. Unlike pencil writing which is erasable, ballpen writing stays forever. Government should require a license for pen manufacturers.
SF Bay Area besties: Save the date for April 22!
Unofficial meetup to connect @theallinpod
fans to celebrate episode 125 is happening thanks to your hosts @giomarcelom@KevinBaragona@suffiyanmalikk@JeffPR
Sign up to join or host an event in your city: https://t.co/MDW9jhAFdX
"All of the leading AI labs know they're creating something dangerous, but none of them really want to stop it."
Why DeepAI Founder Kevin Baragona says the current AI landscape is a "tragedy of the commons" https://t.co/VpUag9Qjh7
We hosted #emergencychatgpthackathon this past Sunday for the new ChatGPT and Whisper APIs.
It all came together in just 4 days, but we had 250+ people and 70+ teams demo!
Here’s a recap of our winning demos: