herman_smith

Outdoor Adventurer who's also a Software Dev & Technologist striving to make the world a better place through the innovative use of appropriate technology.

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The interface of the future is human.

We’ve raised a $40M Series B from CRV, Scale, Sequoia, and YC to teach machines the art of being human, so that using a computer feels like talking to a friend or a coworker.

And today, I’m excited for y’all to meet the PALs: a new human-computing interface.

PALs are emotionally intelligent, multimodal, and capable of understanding and perceiving. They can see, hear, reason, and even look like us.

We’re releasing our 5 favorite PALs to start. Each PAL has its own distinct personality- from AI assistants to best friends.

PALs:
- Meet us where we are. Face-to-face over video call, on the phone, or even by text.
- Are always thinking. They’re proactive, reach out first, remind you about what you forgot, or might just check in on you.
- Understand us, finally. PALs can see us, understand our tone, emotion, and intent, and communicate in ways that feel more human.
- Evolve with you. PALs have advanced memory, remember your preferences and needs, and adapt themselves over time.
- Are capable. PALs can handle complex tasks — from responding to your emails to moving your schedule around to creating docs and doing research for you.

Science fiction promised us a new human-computer interface, beyond the GUIs of yesterday, a human-like interface that would feel second-nature to use. That future never came, until now.

Charlie’s story brings this idea to life.

We’re excited for you to meet Charlie and his PALs for free at https://t.co/Kv2ep94noE

Enjoy the film 👇

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@KarlApexFit APEX

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@DA_Abroad please could you assist me. I’m at the voting station in Cape Town where I have voted at before and somehow I have been removed from the voters roll! It appears as if I am registered to vote in Lisbon. We have been back in SA since 2 March 2024

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@Our_DA please could you assist me. I’m at the voting station I have voted at before and somehow I have been removed from the voters roll!

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@CambriLearn we are not getting any answers on urgent matters we have engaged with you on (via email & whatsapp). Your lack of commitment and support is disheartening to us as parents and debilitating to your students.

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@CityofCT isn’t there something you can do for your citizens living in Masiphumelele that are being prevented from leaving their homes and go to school, work etc?

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@garrytrinder kudos on Teams Toolkit and how it makes Teams bot development a snap. Could you please point me in the direction of how to declaratively add Application permissions such as "https://t.co/j2rLNk61QM.All" without doing so through Azure Portal AAD->API permissions 🙏

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Goodbye Helsinki! You have been exceptionally warm & welcoming.

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@MTNza PLEASE help me to activate mobile data on my new Apple Watch:

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@Prathkum 👋

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@UCTOnlineHigh I am in agreement with the facts stated. However the process for un-enrolment appears to be an informal one conducted via WhatsApp with student advisors? There is no way to reach your finance dept and apart from informal reassurance no official de-enrolment emails are generated.

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@UCTOnlineHigh please acknowledge correspondence pertaining to refund for fees deducted after withdrawing my learner from your school. Also please confirm withdrawal of my student and that there will be no further fees deducted #valenture_institute #ineptitude #badservice

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@IanCameron23 @SAPoliceService @ActionSocietySA @kaylynnpalm Why are dockets still only paper based and not digitally stored in a secure ledgered system?

[sassal.eth/acc 🦇🔊 @sassal0x]

The Goerli testnet has been successfully merged and is now a full Proof of Stake chain.

Next up is (finally) the Ethereum mainnet!!

The Merge is coming 🐼

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Save Ralph - A short film with Taika Waititi (2022 Webby Award) https://t.co/qEnFYFg03Z via @YouTube #StopAnimalTests

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@abeldup @Sciencenature14 That’s a very good question 🤣

[herman_smith @herman_smith]

Hello World - the startup I built has run into liquidity issues, so I am evaluating opportunities.

Open to roles involving Cloud Engineering, Full Stack Dev, K8s Administration, DevOps, Machine learning DevOps or Tech Strategy.

Please DM me should you be aware of anything. 🏴‍☠️