Malusi Gcakasi

Thinker | Technologist | Entrepreneur

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

There are always a million good reasons to lose. None of them change the fact that you lost. Study the reasons to understand why, but focus on the winning.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

There will be a bunch of AI businesses that come up, creating new tools, but the game is not about the tools, it's about the outcomes the tools produce - just as everything.

There's going to be a gold rush, yes, but our game is in helping people use the tools to get rich.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

I think the game with AI, for services business, will not necessarily be to look at AI as a market, but to think about it as a form of leverage like Labour, Capital, Code or Media.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

The trick, if you love what you do and want to do it for a long time still, is to get unreasonably good at it. Innovation tends to free up the bottom and the middle of an industry first, leaving the higher ends until much, much later.

Innovation only disrupts you if you let it.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

There will always be another opportunity, the game doesn't end with your first, or second, or third no. There is time, you can learn and catch up if you want it. You're good.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

Taking decisions to safeguard your mental health is not weakness, it's wisdom. The decision doesn't need to be permanent, there's nothing wrong with letting yourself grow into new information - you don't need to take it all in, and be able to act on it, at once.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

When you're a new manager, it's tempting to think that you're now an IC, with extra sauce. This isn't the case.

When you transition to management, your priority shifts from the quality of your output, to the quality of your people's output.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

The most difficult thing getting experience is that it takes time. You can't cram 10 years of (good) experience into 5 years, or 2 years, or 6 months. It's going to take you take you 10 years to get.

Be patient. This is a good thing.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

@nateobrienn It really is all about the grift

[Riley Goodside @goodside]

POV: You're a Senior Data Engineer at Twitter. Elon asks what you've done this week. You've done nothing.

Frantically, you open ChatGPT.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

Leadership is giving other people reasons to follow you.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

@TheGoddamnKing Hey Sabelo. This sounds amazing! I'd love to set up a call to hear more about how it works. I build and invest in startups in my spare time. I work with @Kenpachi_Trader

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

@JoburgOpen I see the tickets on the Ticket pro website are only for thursday, will there be tickets for the Saturday and sunday? where can I buy these?

[Threader @threader]

@ImSebastianD Hey Sebastián, what's up? The thread is compiled, don't hesitate to share it. Have a good read: https://t.co/obfHomLP6f

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

Lex's Podcasts have been a fantastic source of information about the world and heroes of AI. Would absolutely recommend supporting this

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

If you enjoy the Artificial Intelligence podcast, please support it on Patreon: https://t.co/P1ifaS0IDg It's a small side project but I still put my heart in each conversation. If one day I get 500 patrons, I'll be able to outsource editing and release one podcast a week.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

@TefoMohapi So that tomorrow can be better than today for the people in it.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

@TefoMohapi Being a patriot isn't necessarily about believing your country is the best. It can be about loving it (and committing to make it better) despite it's faults.

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

This is true innovation!

[Michael Reeves @michaelreeves]

I built a Roomba that swears when it bumps into stuff

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

Really interesting to note the kinds of content which the chimp lingers and and, by extension, hold interest. Seems almost obvious that it should focus on other chimps. Quite interested to see the body of work behind this.

[Daniel Sinclair @_DanielSinclair]

Here's a video of a Chimpanzee using Instagram. It's eye-opening. https://t.co/FEfIgQSGa6

[Malusi Gcakasi @malgca]

@alenribic Scary how easy protectionism is to predict:
https://t.co/aUq3SM4GA4

Even more sad that "fair share" is becoming an anti-competitive phrase.