Neil Gala

I'm a husband, father, and entrepreneur. [email protected] @neilgala

[Kevin Finnerty @timeimmemorial_]

Today we celebrate what would have been James Gandolfini’s 65th birthday. Hard to believe it’s been 13 years since we lost him. His presence, his talent, and the characters he brought to life remain as powerful and unforgettable as ever.

Happy 65th Skip ❤️🕊️

[Dave Rothenberg @RothenbergESPN]

Told u!! #Giants

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Dario has written that we need to “pace the frontier,” and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.

You guys are the frontier. By any reasonable metric — market share, revenue growth, model capability — the two of you have a duopoly on frontier intelligence. You’ve also claimed the lead is widening because of recursive self-improvement.

I don’t see what you see in the lab. If the unreleased models are scary enough that you think you should slow down, I support your decision to be responsible.

But stop pretending you need anyone else’s permission. Stop pretending antitrust law has to be suspended so you can form a cartel. Stop pretending you need a regulatory approval process that supersedes product liability. Stop pretending METR is independent when it is intertwined with Anthropic’s investors and staff. Stop pretending you need those same evaluators to police competitors who aren’t even at the frontier.

Most of all, stop pretending the motivation to slow down is purely altruistic. You face massive product-liability exposure if your products enable a truly damaging cyberattack. The market already punishes models that behave in unpredictable or unauthorized ways. After the Hugging Face episode, it is simply good business for OpenAI and Anthropic to trade some raw power for reliability and predictability. Call it alignment if you want. It is also just giving customers what they want.

Pacing the frontier would also create breathing room for a more intelligent conversation about regulation than Bernie Sanders’ “shut it all down.” China is very unlikely to join a global agreement, as you know, and that has to be taken into account as well.

So go ahead and pace the frontier. You are the ones setting it. The easiest way not to build superintelligence is for you to agree not to build it. Demanding your preferred regulatory framework as the price of that will look like blackmail of the public and the political system. So just do it.

If you do, you’ll buy goodwill for the next conversation. If you don’t, we’ll know this was just another bid for regulatory capture — or an election-season psyop.

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Talula's - Asbury Park, NJ (Neapolitan style)
Cafe Luna - Old Bridge, NJ

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

A man who met the moment:

[Neil Gala @neilgala]

Happy New Year! Looking forward to a year of endless possibilities!

[5 GOATs @5GOATs_]

Aaron Rodgers went down with an apparent injury and was helped off the field during his first drive as a New York Jet 😨

They're bringing the cart to the medical tent.

https://t.co/OeMTBdlrgL

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@OrlandoMagic Shaq & Penny

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@TheSFNiners Dana Stubblefield

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@NFL_DovKleiman Ricky Waters

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@LicensePlateGuy You just made the TV!

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@SivCheruvu I never got a dancing complement from my dentist!

[Boardroom @boardroom]

James Earl Jones has signed over rights to the voice of Darth Vader to be replaced by AI.

That's right, the most iconic voice in cinema is now an AI. 🤯

[Neil Gala @neilgala]

Preet cool! https://t.co/e7vSBBrwMo

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@SivCheruvu No Mexican Pizzas yet?????

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@GregMescall @AdamSandler But your right. He hasn't made a true basketball movie

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@GregMescall @AdamSandler Haha I agree.