Benj

just some articles i’m saving to read later.

[LeBron James @KingJames]

another championship.

I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team and I am so excited to energize a new fan base and start this incredible journey one last time.  

Thank you LA. Miami I’ll forever love and Northeast Ohio will always home!

🙏🏾🫡👑

[Alex Kantrowitz @Kantrowitz]

I had a long, substantive conversation with @sama about OpenAI's strategic positioning, its plan to build memory into ChatGPT, its enterprise play, compute, AI devices, and whether AGI is still a useful term.

Full episode below:

0:00 Code red, strategic moats
6:55 Personalization’s potential
9:15 AI-first products vs. bolt-ons
19:07 AI relationships
23:10 Enterprise and GDPval
28:53 Why so much compute?
48:34 AI cloud, IPO, AGI lightening round

[Benj @benbrodo]

@MattBelloni The outro of this one thanks Elizabeth Warren instead of Gerry someone text producer Craig to fix

[Lauren Hirsch @LaurenSHirsch]

Missed this story from Thanksgiving week

[TBPN @tbpn]

Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) on why internet ads aren’t going anywhere:

“If you really want to get to a billion and then five billion people, you can’t do that with a paid offering… you need an indirect business model. Ads are the obvious one.”

“If you take a principle stand against ads, you’re also taking a stand against broad access; global per-capita GDP just isn’t high enough.”

“A well-targeted ad at a specifically relevant point in time is actually content; it enhances the experience.”

From his appearance on the show in August.

[Nintendo of America @NintendoAmerica]

On Nov 27, Mario will take to the skies of New York City at the #MacysParade, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros. game. Here’s a first look at the 3D model of the new Mario balloon! @Macys

[Ari Paparo @aripap]

Basically they’re measuring how long the user takes before returning to the app and inferring engagement. I think. Pretty smart and privacy safe imho.

[Benj @benbrodo]

@Forever_Dusk @whoweekly

[Ed Zitron @edzitron]

Newsletter: We are in the era of the Business Idiot, where middle management has seized power, breeding out true meritocracy and value-creation in favor of symbolic growth and superficial intelligence - the ultimate poison of neoliberalism.
https://t.co/vsUoaRQRx0

[Benj @benbrodo]

Actually in 5 or 10 years I think this will make more sense or maybe I’m too nostalgic

[Benj @benbrodo]

I think this is still my all time fave @carriecoon scene for now https://t.co/w2oQzvl57x

[Benj @benbrodo]

@carriecoon @TheAcademy Omg queen I too watched this last night

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

SNL’s 50th anniversary show airs on February 16th 2025.

[Variety @Variety]

Breaking down the CEO paydays of 2023.

Disney's Bob Iger: $31.6M
Netflix's Ted Sarandos: $49.8M
Comcast's Brian Roberts: $35.5M
Paramount's Bob Bakish: $31.3M
Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav: $49.7M
https://t.co/XK4b2pwzUc

[Apple TV @AppleTV]

Michael Douglas is Benjamin Franklin.

Inspired by true events, Franklin tells the thrilling story of how Benjamin Franklin went on a mission to France to underwrite America's democracy.

The limited series premieres April 12.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

The Red Kerchief, by Claude Monet, 1868

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

More and more, I think ChatGPT is coming for the cognitive class. It's going to replace what doctors do -- hearing symptoms and making diagnoses -- before it changes what nurses do -- helping patients get up and handle themselves in the hospital.

[Nintendo of America @NintendoAmerica]

Welcome to…LEGO Animal Crossing!

#AnimalCrossing #LEGO #Nintendo

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

'Animal Crossing' exhibit featured at Nintendo Live in Seattle, Washington.

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Toad, and Toadette using the Elephant Power-Up in 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder.'