Michael Foster

[du @thedulab]

If you're aware that the term "permanent underclass" even exists then it's clear you'll never be a part of it. No shot. On this app all day exposing yourself to every opinion about what the future might look like

You've gotten to a point where you've essentially become an expert in predicting exactly how you might be cooked. With that level of critical thinking there's just no reality where you'll ever allow it to happen to you. Even seeing this on your feed is already proof of that

Seriously though you have to give yourself some more credit. You're not some useless sack of flesh and you never were. The fact that this stuff is even on your mind means you care enough about your life to never give up

Keep moving forward and trust in your ability to adapt to whatever life throws at you. No need to overly fear because you'll always be able to figure it out. Impossible not to figure out out being surrounded by so many bright minds. Believe it or not you're one of them

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

Clawd Bot is good until I run out of money

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

Clawd Bot is unreal

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@Deuce1042 Bears beat their demon.

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@BowTiedRanger This tweet is gonna make me delete the app.

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@IterIntellectus Is that on purpose?

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@claudeai I see this and think, “wow, people are gonna find out how much of corporate jobs are just email non-sense”

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

Indiana University is home to Big Red 200

A super-computer more than capable of supporting a computational (cheating) edge in the CFP

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@Jordan_Jones_2 @ohiotate Joke flew over your head, don’t know what to tell you

[WBR @W_B_Rick]

Quarterzip no undershirt is a power move from Cig. Nips out.

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@MasonPlummer_ Unless you add an SEC patch to your jersey

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@NdMuse It’s funny to say because of the beginning of the season but, yea, Notre Dame would be winning right now.

[Paul Buchheit @paultoo]

It was always possible to clone software, but doing so was costly and time consuming, and the clone would need to be much cheaper, making any such venture financially non-viable.

With AI, that equation is now changing. I anticipate that within 5 years autonomous coding agents will be able to rapidly and cheaply clone almost any existing software, while also providing hosting, operations, and support, all for a small fraction of the cost.

This will inevitably destroy many existing businesses. In order to survive, businesses will require strong network effects (e.g. marketplaces) or extremely deep data/compute moats. There will also be many new opportunities created by the very low cost of software. What could you build if it were possible to create software 1000x faster and cheaper?

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@woodyVSworld It was #1 vs #2 and saved from OT bc of a missed field goal and a questionable 3rd / 4th down call.

Heavy weight battle

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@NickAdamsinUSA What’re your thoughts on Indiana and Fernando Mendoza?

[No Escalators @NoEscalators]

Indiana was the worst team in college football for 150 years and then they let teams start paying players and they immediately became No. 1 and the only conclusion to draw is they were the only ones who didn’t realize you could pay players under the table for the first 150 years

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

Taking away the logos for IU vs OSU

QB: Team A
RB: Split
WR: Team B
OL: Split
TE: Team B
LB: Team A
DL: Team A
CB: Team A
SPEC: Team A

Who’s who?

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

It’s so shameless that they’re trying to make Nick Saban the commissioner of college football

[Michael Foster @mifoster1723]

@woodyVSworld There’s nothing they can do