Vitaliy Goncharuk

Entrepreneur(1 exit to Qualcomm). Focus: 1. AI Autonomous Navigation for Drones - @A19LabCom 2. Post-AI Economy -

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Honored to moderate the panel “Will #AI and #Humanoids Replace Us? The Future of Work and Robotics” hosted by Harvard Business School Club of DC

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Business trick:
LLMs let me stop wasting time #reviewing #contracts.
I just send the other side a simple prompt and tell them not to come back until it shows the agreement is balanced for both sides.
Win-win.

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@tstock915 @WhiteHouse Congrats!

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The #1 scammers of 2026: software engineers who still write code manually.

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@steverod78 It's based on LiDAR, which is terrible for military applications.

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@XFreeze So what’s your plan?

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@elonmusk @skscartoon @grok I need a fact-check. Is Russia mobilizing troops for the war against Ukraine, or are most Russian soldiers serving under contract?

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@alexkhuda This comment is generated by Vit’ AI

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@AjdDavison This statement is true. Especially in 6 months perspective

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Joke:

AI is already approaching PhD-level intelligence.

The next milestone is expected to be reaching the intelligence level of a person who decided not to do a PhD.

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@auren 5% max

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ON TAXING STOCK-BACKED LOANS

I disagree with taxing loans collateralized by stock — an idea voiced by many public speakers, including @friedberg , among others. It contradicts basic economics.

When stocks rise, everything seems fine. But when the collateral declines, the borrower repays the principal out of his own pocket - after having already paid tax on money he never earned.

A loan is not income: the funds received are fully offset by the obligation to repay them (Haig-Simons). Tax income - not loan principal, not collateral

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Unfortunately, Ukraine is losing the innovation race to Russia.
As of August 2026, Russia has moved jet-powered drones into mass production. All previous propeller-based anti-drone systems are now ineffective.
I warned about this in my May 2026 War on the Rocks article, "Cheap Missiles, Not Drones, Will Win the Next Air War":
https://t.co/TfDSXrrrrd
Sadly, this is not the first time. Ukraine already missed a similar moment with fiber-optic drones in 2024, when Russia scaled the technology first and pulled ahead.
The pattern is systemic — and that's exactly why my viral article "Ukraine Isn't the Model for Winning the Innovation War" remains just as relevant today:
https://t.co/zUZRF59szp
How many more technological windows will be missed before the system itself changes?
#DefenseTech #Ukraine #Drones #Autonomy

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It’s an honor to be quoted by Frank Kendall, former Secretary of the Air Force and former Under Secretary of Defense, in his book “Lethal Autonomy”!

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@auren Georgian food is much better - https://t.co/IvxzFJpIQz

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@auren A hard mattress is good for your health. A soft mattress is like sugar in food. In the USA, food is, on average, much sweeter than in the EU.

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#Ukraine #Defense #crisis

Over the past 3 days, I gave 6 off-the-record briefings to journalists from top-tier US and European outlets on the unfolding crisis in Ukraine’s defense innovation sector.

Frankly, I was surprised by how superficial the understanding of the situation in Ukraine is.

That’s dangerous - for continued support for Ukraine and for the West’s own resilience against Russia.

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@auren Nothing. Statistically, people are usually more often wrong than right in their choices.

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@auren 2023 - https://t.co/GheE3tZjar