AI Week Unfolds with Unexpected Twists by Wednesday
I expect nothing meaningful to come of this, but this week of AI headlines, testimonies, and X posts certainly have taken some seriously unexpected twists. And it’s only Wednesday.
Trial Evidence Surpasses All Expectations, Revealing Unprecedented Insights
I expected this trial to be crazy. But the stuff coming out in the evidence is so far beyond anything I thought we’d learn.
Anthropic's Team Shows Ethical Rigor, Claude Likely Safe
“No one set off my evil detector. So long as they engage in critical self-examination, Claude will probably be good.”
Elon’s Critique of Anthropic Highlights Money’s Power
So many layers to this, including how critical Elon has been of Anthropic. I guess a few hundred billion here and there can make a lot of issues go away.
AI Lowers Barriers, Yet Entrepreneurship Still Demands Rare Risk Appetite
I really want this to be the outcome, and I share a tremendous sense of optimism for an explosion of entrepreneurship. However, I simultaneously battle with the idea that millions of people can just become entrepreneurs. Yes, the barriers to build a...
Choosing Between OpenAI and Anthropic: Long‑Term Bet
OpenAI and Anthropic both IPO. You have $100k to invest in only one of them and you’re going to let it ride for the next 5 years. Which one are you investing in, and why?
Current Workforce Displacement Is Real, Measurable, Accelerating
This is so good. @clarashih thank you for brining rationale thought to a conversation being fueled by extremes. “Whether AGI arrives in 2030 or 2045, the workforce displacement happening right now is real, measurable, and accelerating”
Claude Beats ChatGPT and Gemini in Design Quality
Just gave Claude (Opus 4.7 and Sonnet 4.6), ChatGPT 5.5, and Gemini 3.1 the same prompt to build a deck design. Gemini & ChatGPT outputs were intern-level at best. Claude was senior designer. Crushed it. Not surprised. Kept prompt simple:...
Personal Model Benchmarks: No Coding Required
Best way to evaluate models against each other, and test if new model releases are better for personalized use cases and workflows. You don’t have to be a developer to be using personal evals and benchmarks.
Future LLMs Will Need No Prompting, Just Ask
When the LLMs and agents have context, memory, and, eventually, continual learning, prompting will be as simple as asking for what you want. Or sometimes not even having to ask (predictive agents).
Permission Overhaul Unintentionally Exposed Public Project Chats
Crazy. “We also retroactively patched our API so public project chats couldn't be accessed, no matter what. Unfortunately, in February, while unifying permissions in our backend, we accidentally re-enabled access to chats on public projects.”
Current AI, Not AGI, Is Already Disrupting Everything
Yup. Whether the industry ever agrees on a definition of AGI—or if we’ve reached it—is largely irrelevant. The current and near-term AI capabilities are enough to completely disrupt business, government, education, and society.
Top 10 AI Trends From Q1’s 150+ Curated Topics
We curated 150+ topics from Q1 episodes to pick the top 10 trends in AI from the past quarter.
AI Will Trigger Widespread Knowledge‑Work Job Cuts
I think tech leaders and economists who point to increasing demand for software developers as proof that AI won’t displace millions of jobs are creating a false sense of hope. For companies that have limited growth and demand, the pressure...
Raising Kids for Entrepreneurship—If They Choose It
Not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur, but this is true. I’m definitely raising my kids (14 and 13) to be entrepreneurs, if that’s the path they choose.