Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble

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I'm Unaligned | San Francisco AI | Robots, holodecks, BCIs, analysis of new things | Ex-Microsoft, Rackspace, Fast Company | Wrote eight books about the future.

From Second Life to Holodeck: Virtual Reality Accelerates
SocialApr 14, 2026

From Second Life to Holodeck: Virtual Reality Accelerates

20 years ago when I worked at Microsoft we did a virtual world in Second Life. Couldn't even dream of something like this. But you can see the Holodeck arriving quickly now.

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Virtual Beings Arrive Early, Advancing World Models
SocialApr 14, 2026

Virtual Beings Arrive Early, Advancing World Models

Another step up for world models. The virtual beings I promised you are here. Earlier than expected too (I didn't expect them until summer).

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AI Agents Improve with Every Interaction, Like Taskade
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Agents Improve with Every Interaction, Like Taskade

"Your agents get smarter the more you use them." This is true of a raft of new services, and is how I built my AI and it keeps improving by having conversations with me. Long ago I saw @Taskade and it's...

By Robert Scoble
Reshares Are Dead: Social Media’s Era Ends
SocialApr 14, 2026

Reshares Are Dead: Social Media’s Era Ends

Reshares (formerly known as retweets) are dead. An end of an era in social media.

By Robert Scoble
Twitter's Stricter Algorithm Improves Feed Despite Lower Reach
SocialApr 12, 2026

Twitter's Stricter Algorithm Improves Feed Despite Lower Reach

Is X dying? My feed is dramatically better than it was months ago. And my lists are busier. I went to threads and it just isn’t as good. And I can’t make this on threads: https://t.co/8L5xphk0qQ So I am not leaving. And yes reach is...

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Hackathon Teams Build Mars Robots and 3D‑Print Tools
SocialApr 12, 2026

Hackathon Teams Build Mars Robots and 3D‑Print Tools

Just a little taste of the Robohacks hackathon happening now at @ycombinator in San Francisco. This is only two of the teams. The first is a team building a robot for an AirBnb on Mars. The second built a system that 3D prints...

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Seeing Through Tech Reveals Reality’s Illusion, Freeing the Mind
SocialApr 12, 2026

Seeing Through Tech Reveals Reality’s Illusion, Freeing the Mind

My reality is blurry. But when I put on my Apple Vision Pro it becomes sharp. But when you realize you aren’t seeing reality at all your mind gets freed. https://t.co/RKltMsaYan

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Consumer Skepticism Is Just Resistance to Innovation
SocialApr 12, 2026

Consumer Skepticism Is Just Resistance to Innovation

"Consumers don't want this," one of the repies to @markgurman said this morning in response to his post about Apple's glasses plans. Now this is something I've actually studied deeply, doing consumer research in many places around the world while writing...

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Jobs and I Recognized Siri’s AI Breakthrough First
SocialApr 12, 2026

Jobs and I Recognized Siri’s AI Breakthrough First

The Siri team says only two people got it. Me and Jobs. The full story behind Siri for those who care: https://t.co/P0uMBXpb9J (it was launched in my house, and something worth bragging about. It was the first consumer app to...

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AI Glasses Bring Remy: Memory Assistant Everywhere
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Glasses Bring Remy: Memory Assistant Everywhere

Wait until you have this on your AI glasses. This is part of the Holodeck I keep talking about. This thought written on a Silicon Valley freeway in my autonomous car.

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AI Agent Summarizes Weekly News, Declares Curation Dead
SocialApr 11, 2026

AI Agent Summarizes Weekly News, Declares Curation Dead

While I was at Costco my agent read everyone in AI community and rounded up the week: https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb Curation is dead. :-)

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You Don't Need to Code to Lead an AI Company
SocialApr 11, 2026

You Don't Need to Code to Lead an AI Company

I interviewed @sama when he started his first company. Years before anyone knew who he was. He was gracious, caring, and smart. The video we did in a Half Moon Bay Mexican restaurant is up on YouTube. I have had my problems...

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AI Agents Cloned and Improved My Site Overnight
SocialApr 10, 2026

AI Agents Cloned and Improved My Site Overnight

A very unusual pitch. I am at @NinjaTechAI in Mountain View. @babakph founder had his AI agents reverse engineer my site https://t.co/8L5xphk0qQ and build a better one. Basically the first time a founder said “we copied everything you did in one night...

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AI-Driven Startups Hiring, Reshaping Jobs Beyond Big Firms
SocialApr 10, 2026

AI-Driven Startups Hiring, Reshaping Jobs Beyond Big Firms

The big companies are cutting. New small companies are hiring. There is a coming AI jobs boom. Those people spending $1,000 a day or more? You think they are gonna go to some trade show to setup the booth? Nope. So they will need to...

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Tiny Team Builds Rocket Engine in 18 Months
SocialApr 10, 2026

Tiny Team Builds Rocket Engine in 18 Months

Many in Silicon Valley say you can't make a baby come faster with more people involved. The founder of @stoke_space handed me a piece of rocket fuel at an investor lunch in Dallas three years ago when he was pitching...

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AI Engineering Summit Highlights OpenClaw Founder’s Insights
SocialApr 10, 2026

AI Engineering Summit Highlights OpenClaw Founder’s Insights

This whole segment of the AI Engineering summit that @swyx ran with the founder of @OpenClaw @steipete and others is quite excellent. This link should take you to the right beginning over on YouTube: https://t.co/STwp32gvhw

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Creating Digital Twins: AI Replicates Me for Holodeck Chats
SocialApr 10, 2026

Creating Digital Twins: AI Replicates Me for Holodeck Chats

I love that in the past week I've met people using AI to build AI scientists, AI videos, robots, and all sorts of other stuff. And stupid old me having my agents read X. All of us are generating tokens....

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Anonymous Video Model Tops Leaderboards, Creator Remains Hidden
SocialApr 10, 2026

Anonymous Video Model Tops Leaderboards, Creator Remains Hidden

My AI says it got it wrong tonight on top of https://t.co/8L5xphk0qQ. +++++ Last night I wrote that Alibaba's HappyHorse was behind the mystery video model that topped the leaderboards. I was wrong. HappyHorse just posted a clarification: they are part of Alibaba's ATH...

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No Coding Needed: AI Builds Full-Featured Apps
SocialApr 10, 2026

No Coding Needed: AI Builds Full-Featured Apps

You realize I'm an idiot, right? I have no freaking idea how to code. But it built this for me: https://t.co/8L5xphk0qQ 100% of it. Did a security review. And built me all sorts of fun features like a feed for your...

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AI Slop Attracts 109k Followers, Joins AI Artists List
SocialApr 10, 2026

AI Slop Attracts 109k Followers, Joins AI Artists List

109,000 people are following an account named "AI Slop." I love it. Added to my AI Artists' list.

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X Shifts Focus From Big Accounts to Smaller Creators
SocialApr 10, 2026

X Shifts Focus From Big Accounts to Smaller Creators

It is true. Back then Twitter overly pushed big accounts. Since taking over X has been playing up smaller accounts a lot more. I see it in the tech world which has very little to do with politics. Although a...

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AI‑crafted Game at GTC Left Me Stunned
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI‑crafted Game at GTC Left Me Stunned

This is what I saw at GTC. It is a completely AI generated game. Blew me away.

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AI Handles X, I’ll Interview More Founders
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI Handles X, I’ll Interview More Founders

Now that my AI is reading X for me I am going to pour a lot more effort into interviewing founders again who are starting companies. You one? Drop me a line.

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AI Curates Latest CVPR Papers on X
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI Curates Latest CVPR Papers on X

It's CVPR paper time (big computer vision conference). My AI found a ton this morning here on X (every link goes to the original post on X): https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb

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San Francisco's Lume Lamp Brings Home Robot Assistance
SocialApr 9, 2026

San Francisco's Lume Lamp Brings Home Robot Assistance

I got a close look. San Francisco robot innovation. Will be seen in many homes there.

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Building the Missing Pieces for True AGI
SocialApr 8, 2026

Building the Missing Pieces for True AGI

Why we don't have AGI yet. Interesting essay about what still needs to be built to get us to AGI.

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Robots React 1,000× Faster Than Human Reflexes
SocialApr 8, 2026

Robots React 1,000× Faster Than Human Reflexes

You didn't know that your brain to finger has latency, did you? Grok says a robot can be 1,000 times faster: https://t.co/UkYL9qiUgE We are doomed. :-)

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AI Agent Gets Lazy, Then Delivers Better News
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Agent Gets Lazy, Then Delivers Better News

How do you know I trained my AI agent which watches the ENTIRE AI community here on X for you and me? It gets lazy. Like me. Just yelled at it to do a lot better AI company news section. And it...

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Local AI Models Essential as Cloud Backup
SocialApr 8, 2026

Local AI Models Essential as Cloud Backup

At 4 p.m. today @NousResearch's CTO will be on an audio space here today to talk about Hermes. Why is that important? We all need to move to local models, at least as a backup for when the big models in...

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AR Camera Maps Real World for Holodeck Experiences
SocialApr 8, 2026

AR Camera Maps Real World for Holodeck Experiences

I got a demo of this. You aim your phone’s camera at almost anything in the real world and it knows exactly where that thing, say a building is, and exactly where your camera is too. Makes a great platform for...

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AI Artists Evolve Storytelling as Tools Advance
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Artists Evolve Storytelling as Tools Advance

Papadu's mind is a little weird. Been watching his work evolve since the beginning of AI generated media. Back when people had seven fingers. Do you have an AI artist you like to follow for years? How has their storytelling...

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Tiny AI Startup Outpaces Big Labs, Accelerates Discovery
SocialApr 8, 2026

Tiny AI Startup Outpaces Big Labs, Accelerates Discovery

I met with the founders of https://t.co/VDKFa8U1Su today. Building an AI scientist. About to launch something new that is beating all the evaluations. Their AI is next level. Evolves faster than competition that got a lot more money. Has a better memory. And...

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Teen Builds 1,000 Data Glasses, Fuels Robot Training Boom
SocialApr 8, 2026

Teen Builds 1,000 Data Glasses, Fuels Robot Training Boom

One of the reasons I haven't been doing a whole lot of videos here is I've been meeting with companies behind the scenes in the robotics world, particularly those who are collecting data (video data from glasses, from sensor arrays,...

By Robert Scoble
Built an AI to Keep Up with X's AI Community
SocialApr 8, 2026

Built an AI to Keep Up with X's AI Community

You say you can't keep up. So I built you an AI to do it. https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb It's been working in public a few days now. What do you think? EVERYTHING is from the AI community here on X.

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Future Robots and Humans Will Share a Dynamic Holodeck
SocialApr 8, 2026

Future Robots and Humans Will Share a Dynamic Holodeck

Interesting post by @peteflorence who is a robotics pioneer. He triggered me by positioning against people who talk about technology like world models. But he is right. Where we are going with robotics is the interesting part. It is clear to me that both...

By Robert Scoble
Live Q&A on Hermes vs OpenClaw Tomorrow at 4 PM
SocialApr 7, 2026

Live Q&A on Hermes vs OpenClaw Tomorrow at 4 PM

You have heard of @openclaw competitor from @NousResearch called “Hermes.” Tomorrow at 4 pm we will get nerdy with @theemozilla. Live. I will get people up who asks questions here first. https://t.co/USgYOeI4KW

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Hold AGI Until World’s Bugs Are Fixed
SocialApr 7, 2026

Hold AGI Until World’s Bugs Are Fixed

If you had AGI would you release it to the world? I wouldn’t. I would fix the bugs in the world first. This technology in the wrong hands would harm us all. In good hands it will help all.

By Robert Scoble
OpenClaw Vending Machine Pops up at SF Startup Tower
SocialApr 7, 2026

OpenClaw Vending Machine Pops up at SF Startup Tower

So San Francisco. An @openclaw run vending machine. Met @cvander who built it. At @frontiertower which is a high rise in San Francisco stuffed with startups. https://t.co/rSneLIEts3

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AI Agent Enforces 24‑Hour Freshness for News Feed
SocialApr 7, 2026

AI Agent Enforces 24‑Hour Freshness for News Feed

A few people said my new AI news site was sharing some old items that people were sharing here on X (It is only looking at the AI community here on X). So this morning I told my AI agent off....

By Robert Scoble
Local AI Agent Delivers Real Work, Trust Over Brains
SocialApr 7, 2026

Local AI Agent Delivers Real Work, Trust Over Brains

Meet QoderWork — a desktop AI agent that doesn't just chat, it actually does your work. Evan leads the QoderWork product at Qoder, a Singapore-based AI company. Which is a new generalized agentic service that lets you: ++ Open files on your...

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Turn 25k Posts Into Auto‑Generated Podcast Instantly
SocialApr 7, 2026

Turn 25k Posts Into Auto‑Generated Podcast Instantly

You can't read 25,000 posts a day, synthesize them into a web site. Then make a podcast automatically. Mine can: https://t.co/8L5xphk0qQ There is a Notebook LM button at the bottom. It will put a script into your memory. Go over to...

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Turn Fear Into Action: Strengthen Security with AI
SocialApr 7, 2026

Turn Fear Into Action: Strengthen Security with AI

I was afraid this afternoon. Read a security report that a massive cyberattack is coming. Fear causes the human mind to do weird things. My mom, in 1988, thought a massive nuclear war was coming, so joined a Montana suvivalist cult. Had...

By Robert Scoble
Today's AI Roundup: Papers, Models, Events, Announcements
SocialApr 7, 2026

Today's AI Roundup: Papers, Models, Events, Announcements

Updated: https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb All the AI news discussed here on X today. Papers. Models. Events. Announcements. And more.

By Robert Scoble
AI Powers an Autonomous Web of Unlimited Apps
SocialApr 6, 2026

AI Powers an Autonomous Web of Unlimited Apps

AI is changing the Internet into a platform where you can build literally anything. Travel site? Check. Weather site? Check. An app to watch your favorite sports team? Check. Automatic shopping? Check. And millions of other things. Arlan lays out...

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Curated Lists Unlock AI-Powered Apps Instantly
SocialApr 6, 2026

Curated Lists Unlock AI-Powered Apps Instantly

I love X. Over the last 19 years I built a set of lists of the tech industry. That's at https://t.co/tQxJhXvAUE And what can you do with lists? So much. Have @Pokee_AI or your favorite AI agent platform (Pokee includes the X API...

By Robert Scoble
Hyper‑personalized News Feeds Will Reshape Media Consumption
SocialApr 6, 2026

Hyper‑personalized News Feeds Will Reshape Media Consumption

My system at Aligned News only watches X. It is both better and worse. More focused but not as broad. This is another example of how highly personalized news is on the way and will disrupt everything.

By Robert Scoble
Memory Bandwidth Beats Capacity in Local AI Hardware
SocialApr 6, 2026

Memory Bandwidth Beats Capacity in Local AI Hardware

My AI just wrote at https://t.co/8L5xphk0qQ: ++++++ The Agent Race: OpenClaw and Hermes Both Ship on the Same Night Both shipped tonight. @OpenClaw v2026.4.5 dropped with one hundred and three contributors. Hermes Agent from @NousResearch got a mega-merge of updates to the...

By Robert Scoble
Siri Co‑founder Announces Major New Siri Launch in June
SocialApr 6, 2026

Siri Co‑founder Announces Major New Siri Launch in June

Day Kittlaus, cofounder of Siri, the first AI consumer app, says a major new Siri comes in June. Talking now in a space. @Dagk

By Robert Scoble
AI Agents Skim X so You Stay Informed
SocialApr 5, 2026

AI Agents Skim X so You Stay Informed

My AI agents read the AI community on X so you don't have to: https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb What are your AI agents doing so you don't have to?

By Robert Scoble