zach

AI things @openai. Prev @xai, founder of Momentum, @zoox, @mit.

[Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees]

No, you don't get it.

He does not have $1 trillion sitting in cash, it is 99% stock in his companies.

To make that wealth liquid would mean selling all that stock which would swiftly destroy *both* the companies (Tesla, SpaceX, others) and the wealth. If he sold it all, he'd end up with maybe $100b max, several hundred thousand people would be out of work, the companies ruined and many of their suppliers also ruined.

Okay, but now Elon has $100b in cash, and can "solve the world's problems".

$100b divided by the world's 8 billion people is $12

If you were in charge, several of the most innovative industrial companies in the world would be destroyed, hundreds of thousands out of work, and space would again close to human civilization for another generation.

But everyone on earth could have one nice meal and you could revel in your altruism.

[zach @zchuruk]

As models get more and more capable, the philosophical differences between the labs will start to become much more clear. I don’t think 99.9% of the public understands these differences (or cares to) but I could see model usage starting to align with this more so than pure model quality, which will become harder to distinguish for the majority of tasks.

Fable is just the beginning of this.

[Joshua Achiam @jachiam0]

The OAI / Anthropic values difference is deeply misunderstood, even within the walls of both. Should a loving ensouled machine God watch over humanity? Vote Anthropic. Should humanity be entrusted with the tools of its own progress and destiny? Vote OpenAI.

[zach @zchuruk]

OH in sf: “Babe, I’ve been thinking and I’m concerned you’re not AGI-pilled enough”

[zach @zchuruk]

Every app layer / infra company should have an eval tracking whether popular agents pick their tool for their use case

[Zeno Rocha @zenorocha]

our OpenAI traffic 3x'd.

the cause: ChatGPT added branded links inside answers instead of burying them in citations.¹

but that's the small story.

Codex went from 600k to 5m weekly users.²

agents are choosing the stack now.

[zach @zchuruk]

@thinkwithmark One of the more creative AI products I’ve seen. Excited to try it out!

[Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK]

Hot take, the models are not going to converge in the way that most folks talk about

[zach @zchuruk]

@jxnlco @xiaosun86 Banger

[zach @zchuruk]

OpenAI suddenly feeling like a contrarion bet

[zach @zchuruk]

This needs to be framed

[zach @zchuruk]

@CBSNews An incredible moment

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

The world stopped to watch Artemis II.

Moments like this remind us what is possible and inspire the next generation to dream bigger and take us even further.

We are just getting started on this grand adventure. It is time to start believing again.

[zach @zchuruk]

AI resilience is a brilliant rebranding of AI safety.

Sounds way less lame.

[zach @zchuruk]

Every time I come across someone driving like an asshole

They have tinted front windows

[zach @zchuruk]

@0xMerp Best explanation for birth rate decline I’ve read

[zach @zchuruk]

@ScottHickle The irony is that good doctors actually love it

[zach @zchuruk]

RT @wintonARK: On this inane and harmful proposed AI bill in NYC

A close family member had fallen ill, had an elevated respiratory rate, i…

[zach @zchuruk]

AI presents the best path to universal, high quality healthcare we have. The only thing that will stop it is this

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

A New York bill would ban AI from answering questions related to several licensed professions like medicine, law, dentistry, nursing, psychology, social work, engineering, and more.

The companies would be liable if the chatbots give “substantive responses” in these areas.

[zach @zchuruk]

@willdepue And yet it’s still somehow better than Apple mail search