David Harris

Product director @Meta. NY born, SF raised, Chicago educated. Love my daughter & son, @deannakneis, #B1GCats, and running.

[Northwestern Football @NUFBFamily]

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[Boz @boztank]

We just announced a bunch of new AI experiences that will live across our apps and devices - the new Meta AI assistant, 28 new AI characters to chat with, image and sticker generation, a platform for building your own AIs, and a lot more. I asked our new image generation model, Emu, to get me an image of the team hard at work on the launch.

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

@AlexHarrisFiat On behalf of the Big Ten I accept

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

@esthercrawford This was a great read. Thank you for the candid observations – it's definitely inspiring my own introspection.

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

@Carnage4Life Drivers have acq cost and are ~90% of the variable cost each ride. Driver retention is fickle. And Lyft/Uber actually do provide the car much of the time.

I agree that self driving is far from a panacea, but cost efficiencies on supply remain the primary path to profitability.

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

@crabbylions The monotony makes it impossible to get distracted so I’m left thinking about the only thing I don’t want to think about while running…running. Definitely believe in the name “dreadmill.”

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

Thoughts as a new dad: If a litmus test for American Millennials (‘80-‘95) vs. Millennials (‘96-‘12) is, “Do you remember 9/11?”

The equivalent for Gen Alpha (‘12-present) might be, “Do you remember life before using AI?”

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

These phenomena will coalesce.

The labor market will force skill & job realignment, and further accelerate a space that’s already moving faster than anyone can keep up with.

At risk of repeating what everyone is saying: The next 5 years are going be wild.

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

Conflicting sentiment across tech right now.

On the one hand, the toughest job market in 20 years anchored by layoffs and contraction, exacerbated by interest rate & banking uncertainty.

OTOH, curiosity, excitement, and ambition driven by AI’s acceleration.

[Northwestern Basketball @NUMensBball]

HEADED TO SACRAMENTO ‼️

#7 Northwestern. #10 Boise State. This Thursday.

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

1. Dunks like these are insensitively timed.
2. I hope this moment leads many to reconsider certain positions, including how our industries are regulated.
3. Most of Silicon Valley — even many VCs — are quite progressive! Ignore the loud voices implying otherwise.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Look, I’m just a libertarian who thinks the government should only do roads, law enforcement, and huge subsidies for me.

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

The SVB response has been the most acute example yet of how universally unpopular & bad at politics / PR Silicon Valley is.

The left is relishing in the hypocrisy of asks for govt to “bailout” depositors. The right is laughing at SVB’s “wokeness.”

Everyone wants to let it burn.

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

Between SVB’s initial bungling of the comms around their equity raise, the name *Silicon Valley* Bank, and a few loud & unlikable spokespeople, this has been one disastrous lesson in “messaging matters.”

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

@petergyang Pre-read + and discuss live has become the exclusive format for product reviews with senior execs at Meta. So much more effective than 25 min preso + 5 min Q&A.

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

@Carnage4Life Context can / does matter to advertisers (tho second to the target audience). There may not be many tweets about cars, but car companies may e.g. want to advertise against sports tweets. (See also: Brand safety concern to avoid adjacency to certain topics)

[Northwestern Basketball @NUMensBball]

DOWN GOES NO. 1 😼

For the first time in program history, Northwestern takes down the nation's No. 1 team ‼️

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

@Carnage4Life High agency + competence are the traits I value most in teammates for exactly the reason you describe: they instill trust.

[David Harris @daviddoessf]

Upgrading our virtual closets! Excited to bring a metaverse-native brand to the Avatars Store and push the boundaries of what "clothes" can be...

[DRESSX @dressxcom]

@dressx becomes the first digital-only fashion company to launch 3D collection on @meta Avatar Store 🔥

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[Meta Newsroom @MetaNewsroom]

Need a fresh fit for your avatar? We're launching our Avatars Store on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger so you can buy digital clothes. Mark Zuckerberg and @evachen212 tried out new looks from @BALENCIAGA @Prada @ThomBrowne ✨

https://t.co/7SN0hdYz2D