Chris Self

currently working on ex LTX

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I understand where the term gridlocked originates from now being in sf

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@y_chiboub @thill_in for us it was our architecture for upload. every video message we have is transcribed which used to be done server side. we switched to realtime client transcription which then allowed us to direct upload a video in chunks to Mux at the same time a user records the vid.

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@MeredithCheng22 @karpathy interesting. for us (consumer social) I'd say the journey of finding new joyful ways people can interact is pretty defensible from just being prompted. the end result quite possibly but at that point network effects should back you up.

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@nikitabier biomarkers and health data might be an interesting one

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I feel I get the most out of my product agent loops by designating rough roles and varying their levels of context. loosely: builder (most in the weeds, implementation), coordinator (higher up, evaluating and checking integration), pm (alignment, clashes, alternative directions)

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@startupoppa definitely agree. emotive human experiences although hard to tease out run deeper than the tech

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@kunchenguid free astra but it can spin up sub agents (sol) that eat your quota, small caveat

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@jimprosser agreed. add some proactivity to this and a personal agent starts paying for itself (e.g. spots your jump in car insurance and preps the alternatives)

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@drooby_doo would be nice to switch it to find the most brutal climbs for days where you want to prove yourself 💪🏼

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@aamir_hudda 🫡

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@a16z social (connections not feeds) is dying for a revamp, exciting new possibilities with system 1 models are now emerging

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@kieran_builds @itsvlady love to know more about your WhatsApp integration Kieran! I've been wondering what social interactions system 1 models may unlock

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@aditabrm if your ego can't handle it, blame claude

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ads on buses in SF hit different than london

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@startupoppa it's a shame because it should be ok to share boring moments with friends if the main point is to promote people staying connected, rather than it being a contest of who has the most interesting life. though of course when sharing to many people it is inevitably status driven

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always an uneasy feeling reading in the agent logs "I cleared some space on the drive to run the simulator"

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AI for augmenting social interactions > AI as social interactions

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I love the smell of a codex reset in the morning

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so much noughties Brit pop played in Mission cafés I feel like I'm once more awkwardly drinking my first beer

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surprised to see how poor the WiFi is in certain SF coffee shops given the culture. though maybe the 5G is so good it's just not used