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.

Cloud‑run OpenClaw Offers Secure, Affordable Alternative
SocialApr 17, 2026

Cloud‑run OpenClaw Offers Secure, Affordable Alternative

Alex Finn, @AlexFinn, says OpenClaw running on the cloud is a scam: https://t.co/mGrteVR3oq While he is right in a perfect world that everyone would have it running on a local computer, there are many who don’t want to do that,...

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Let AI Do the Research, Unleash X API Superpower
SocialApr 17, 2026

Let AI Do the Research, Unleash X API Superpower

Best advice: do your own homework. Even better advice? Have your AI read all of X and do the homework for you. I did and the X API with AI is a super power.

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Build a Neighborhood Storm‑Overlay App in Minutes
SocialApr 17, 2026

Build a Neighborhood Storm‑Overlay App in Minutes

If you want to watch the weather, I have a list for you: https://t.co/VJ80K1PTy0 Put it into @Pokee_AI (or your favorite AI agent that has access to the X API) and build an app to lay the storms over your neighborhood....

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AI Will Replace Half Jobs, Driving Future Abundance
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Will Replace Half Jobs, Driving Future Abundance

I'm a slow learner. And a minor in economics. I interviewed @VitalikButerin back when he was just starting. He developed Ethereum. If I was fast I would have bought some. When I interviewed him an Ethereum cost $2. Today it...

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AI Agents Gain Business Autonomy Through Web3 Integration
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Agents Gain Business Autonomy Through Web3 Integration

Web 3 and AI mix. Meet the guys who are bringing your AI Agents the ability to run their own business: @eigencloud Conversation with @sreeramkannan founder about the shifts happening as Web 3 and the AI worlds collide. https://t.co/Q0SFBhdjp7

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Smart Bosses Equip Teams with AI‑ready Hardware
SocialApr 17, 2026

Smart Bosses Equip Teams with AI‑ready Hardware

I met someone yesterday who works at a fairly sizeable company. "Our boss bought everyone in the company a Mac Mini to run AI on." "You have a smart boss." Visionary leaders do exist.

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AI Agents Deliver Full Breakdown of X's Nvidia Debate
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Agents Deliver Full Breakdown of X's Nvidia Debate

THE BIG FIGHT REPORT X's AI community went nuts about yesterday's interview. What did X say about @dwarkesh_sp vs Jensen Huang, founder/CEO of @nvidia? I asked my AI agents to write up the good, bad, and ugly. Showing all sides. Here it...

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Predicting the Future: My Book Foretold the Age of Context
SocialApr 16, 2026

Predicting the Future: My Book Foretold the Age of Context

I wrote a book called “The Age of Context” long ago. https://t.co/dZ8MrwtXZb Glad to see I was so far ahead of the times.

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Grok Powers Code‑list Integration for a DIY X News Site
SocialApr 16, 2026

Grok Powers Code‑list Integration for a DIY X News Site

Grok might be behind the Anthropics and OpenAIs but when it hooks code up to lists then we can create things like my news site inside of X: https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb That's when things great really fun here on X.

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AI Wingman Turns iPhone Into Personal Automation Hub
SocialApr 16, 2026

AI Wingman Turns iPhone Into Personal Automation Hub

Am on an AI audio space and just set up @buildwingman Wingman while talking with a few people. Late night is a good time to try things in my phone. It is really cool, running on my iPhone. Competitor to Poke...

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AI Sees Patterns; You Can't Hide Your Data
SocialApr 16, 2026

AI Sees Patterns; You Can't Hide Your Data

The founder of Waze long ago told me “humans are bags of patterns.” AI is good at finding patterns. In other words you can’t hide.

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Local AI Models Soon Run Well on Phones
SocialApr 16, 2026

Local AI Models Soon Run Well on Phones

Local models running on shitty computers (IE your phone) are about to get great. @ErickSky lays it out (translated from Spanish by Grok, which is a really awesome feature).

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When AI Takes the Wheel, Email Becomes Terrifying
SocialApr 15, 2026

When AI Takes the Wheel, Email Becomes Terrifying

Truly automating your email and life is scary. Super scary. When an AI is responding to your email without your hands on the wheel it's like being in an autonomous vehicle for the first time. "Will it kill me?" Change is...

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Transparency: Sponsorship Fuels New AI Project Amid Financial Strain
SocialApr 15, 2026

Transparency: Sponsorship Fuels New AI Project Amid Financial Strain

Why did Scoble sell out? I'm starting to get a lot more sponsors who are willing to pay me to introduce their companies to you. You'll see more later today. I just wanted to say a few words about this. First: thank...

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Consumers Prefer Robotaxis Over Owning New Luxury Robocars
SocialApr 15, 2026

Consumers Prefer Robotaxis Over Owning New Luxury Robocars

A new robocar: https://t.co/yEijU7C02N I can see how this would sell a few. Rich people like having something that's different than the flood of Teslas here in Silicon Valley. And seeing a new approach to transportation that's based wholly around autonomy...

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Virtual Humanoid Agents Arrive: First of Many
SocialApr 15, 2026

Virtual Humanoid Agents Arrive: First of Many

Holy Humanoid Agents. Been waiting for the virtual beings to show up and here they are. First of many.

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Deliberate Corruption Boosts AI Video Generation Quality
SocialApr 15, 2026

Deliberate Corruption Boosts AI Video Generation Quality

What this means is AI models that generate video are about to give us much better quality. But this line caught my eye: “We teach the model to recover those details by training it through deliberate corruption.” I love reading papers like...

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AI Empowers Authors to Write Better, Explore New Possibilities
SocialApr 15, 2026

AI Empowers Authors to Write Better, Explore New Possibilities

AI will help us authors write better. And do things that were crazy to consider doing before. I see it everyday as I have my AI write https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb

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Y Combinator: Hub of Innovation, Garry’s AI Venture Thrives
SocialApr 15, 2026

Y Combinator: Hub of Innovation, Garry’s AI Venture Thrives

I saw many developers gave Garry shit for spending thousands a day on tokens and diving in deep into building software with AI. But I'm hearing the same from many companies now. It's not appreciated how important Y Combinator is, either....

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AI Now Capable of Writing Complex Kernel Code
SocialApr 15, 2026

AI Now Capable of Writing Complex Kernel Code

I've been hearing this in San Francisco: that the AI is writing kernel code and other complex software. When I worked at Microsoft the team that worked on the kernel was the smartest at Microsoft. By far. So that AI is now...

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AI Works Flawlessly Even with Music On
SocialApr 15, 2026

AI Works Flawlessly Even with Music On

How do you learn to trust AI? When it works even in a noisy environment. This is @typelessdotcom. Faster than typing. And you don’t need to turn down the music to use it. https://t.co/f2Oh0awxNb

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AI Curates 40k Daily Posts Into Bite‑size Insights
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Curates 40k Daily Posts Into Bite‑size Insights

What is X? A football stadium of the smartest people in the world: https://t.co/9eRY65x3IQ (I gather the best into the most complete lists of tech on the service and I have improved these lists every day for 19 years). Those on just...

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US Drone Powers Up Power Lines, Boosts Grid Innovation
SocialApr 14, 2026

US Drone Powers Up Power Lines, Boosts Grid Innovation

I was walking around @PlugandPlayTC in Silicon Valley today and saw this drone while meeting with someone else. Turns out he built a drone to hook to power lines to charge up. And then does a variety of things for the...

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Robots Become Modern Miners, Extracting Gold From E-Waste
SocialApr 14, 2026

Robots Become Modern Miners, Extracting Gold From E-Waste

California was started by gold miners who dug gold out of the ground. Today I met Sina who is digging gold out of old electronics with robots. Video will be up tomorrow. Turns out there is a lot of gold (and...

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Morning AI Boost: Watch This Video, Skip the Beard
SocialApr 14, 2026

Morning AI Boost: Watch This Video, Skip the Beard

If you are using AI heavily watch this video every morning. And don’t get distracted by the beard. https://t.co/jZWOv1zOM2

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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...

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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.

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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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