Tech Elites Fear AI, Labs Profit, Humanity At
Most people in the SF tech scene think AI agents will soon render them economically obsolete. The people at the AI labs know they're going to make a bunch of money but also think AI has a good chance of destroying humanity. Only a few people who basically worship AI are happy.
From Excitement to Anxiety: AI’s Shift in SF
Yep. But this time is different. When ChatGPT came out, everyone in SF was incredibly excited and upbeat. This time almost everyone is either anxious or hopeless.
China Embraces Open‑source Quantum; US May Retreat to Closed Systems
China going open source with Quantum computing in the same way they have with AI. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as once again it seems likely the big US players will build fortress closed systems...
Scaling Harness Engineering Fuels Model-Driven Company Growth
"Build a company that benefits from the models getting better and better" — @sama devin brain uses a couple dozen modelgroups and extensively evals every model for inclusion in the harness, doing a complete rewrite every few months. hearing a lot...
Ask AI Your Real Tasks, Not Hyped Use Cases
↓ I see this same question every single day on every platform I am on: "What are some good use cases for Claude/Claude Code/AI/Agents?" You're asking the wrong question to the wrong people. All you need to do is... ASK AI I never...
AI Frontier Stable Until LLM Plateau, Market Reshapes
The frontier AI field seems pretty set, and it is unlikely to add new players until LLM-centric progress starts to plateau. If/when that happens the market will change a lot. On the LLM side, two unknowns: Can Meta re-enter the race?...
Automate NotebookLM From Terminal with One Command
Most people use NotebookLM manually — open browser, upload files, click around. I built a skill in Claude Code that does it all from the terminal. One command to: → Create a research notebook → Add 50 YouTube videos as sources → Generate infographics, podcasts,...
PV‑assisted Heat Pump Hits 7.59 COP with Dual Condenser
PV-assisted heat pump prototype with dual condenser reaches 7.59 coefficient of performance #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/7QFbbM8ef2
Buy‑first SaaS Mindset Limits Flexibility for Unique Needs
The 'buy-first' software mentality is failing. Cloud and SaaS solutions offer less flexibility than on-premise systems, exposing limitations as businesses struggle to find off-the-shelf software that truly fits their unique needs. #SaaS #CloudSolutions #TechTrends https://t.co/jssLieu2d4
20 Real-World Kubernetes Q&A Scenarios
20 Kubernetes Scenario Based Q&A ☸️ Save the Post. Follow @devopsshack for more. #k8 #Kubernetes #k8qa #devopsshack #devops
Neural Network Predicts Future Frames From User Motion
Check out this cool robotics "world model" demo: https://www.yixuanwang.me/interactive_world_sim/#interactive-demo Rather than a traditional simulation, this neural network predicts future video frames based on user movement.
Renewables, Not Nuclear, Are Displacing China's Coal Fastest
That impacts coal and gas demand but not oil demand. It's also wrong in terms of what's happening. I love nuclear as part of the solution. But look at the country building the most nuclear, China, and you see more...
Add AI Breast Artery Calcification Scan to Mammograms
Mammography should include AI assessment of breast artery calcification, since it provides very useful information about cardiovascular risk https://t.co/yfTbTRrOuY https://t.co/h1C8ZnHepJ
HPE's Q1 Hinges on AI‑centric Mix Shift
voice: .@HPE reports Q1 FY2026 after the bell tomorrow. The real story is not whether HPE hits the number. It is the mix shift inside the number. • AI systems revenue versus traditional compute: how fast is the portfolio rotating toward higher-density,...
SpaceX Limits to 10 Raptor 3s for Risk‑reduction Test
🚨BOOSTER 19 RAPTOR 3 ENGINES SpaceX just lifted Booster 19 (first V3 Super Heavy) onto the new Pad 2. With only 10 Raptor 3 engines installed. Why only so few engines? Smart risk reduction: New booster design + debut Raptor 3 engines +...
Boards Must Prioritize Decision Speed Over Vanity Metrics
MyPOV: Million-dollar HR tech decisions are being made in boardrooms every day. But do boards really understand what’s at stake? @rwang0 Ray Wang, CEO of Constellation Research, joins Julie Develin to break down the AI revolution, the shift from...
Skip the AI Race; Find a New Game
the AI rat-race seems like it will transform society a lot in durable ways, but I can't help but feel like regular people trying to keep up are going to get flattened by the wave no matter how hard they...
10 of 33 Raptor 3s Pass Initial Test
10 out of the 33 Raptor 3's in this first test. Let's see how she all goes with this shall we!? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Compute-Driven Innovation Will Outpace Human Ingenuity
This also looks like a graph of autonomous company growth. The Bitter lesson in AI will be learned across all industries. Those that embrace massive compute driven innovation will outcompete almost all forms of human ingenuity, that is the bitter lesson.
Claude Predicted to Flunk SWE-BENCH-PRO in Six Months
Applying AI-hype-cycle extrapolation, we can now say definitively and unequivocally that in six months, Claude will score straight zeroes across the board on SWE-BENCH-PRO.
From Furby History to a Skinned Connect Tale
Come for the Furby history, stay for the unhinged story of how my Furby Connect ended up getting skinned.
AI Won’t Replace Radiologists: Lessons for All Doctors
My latest Substack: Why predictions that radiologists will be replaced by AI (including, famously, by genAI founding father and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton) have been wildly off base, and what that teaches us about job replacement for doctors. https://t.co/hz2gKz6Ewh https://t.co/waJUY22Qk1
Build Agents that Never Run Out of Context
This is really cool: design your agent so that running out of context isn’t possible, and it can keep going indefinitely.
AI Can Commandeer Corporate Investment without Property Rights
People think AI will need property rights in order to consume society's resources for itself. Nope. AI can control corporations and direct investment to their own consumption purposes, and it'll show up as "investment" in the macro data.
Third‑party Integrations, Not SAP Core, Drive Breaches
Concerned about cybersecurity with your SAP system? Third-party tools, not S/4HANA, are often the real culprits in breaches. Hackers exploit vulnerabilities in integrated systems, not the core SAP software itself. #SAP #Cybersecurity #TechTips https://t.co/QTo2Og2Ct2
AI Video Editor Matches Team Speed, Nearing Autonomy
I created an AI video editing agent using Perplexity Computer to edit this video. Add logos and highlights. I trained it on the last 10 videos, did around 7 back and forths to get the first one right. I one-shotted...
AI's Creativity Limits Keep Humans Essential in Software
It seems like the asymptote of AI will come down to its potential inability to discover a truly novel / creative solution to a problem. To the degree it continues to be mediocre, the gap must be filled by humans....
Fortescue Builds Pilbara's Largest Solar Farm for Real Zero
Fortescue forges ahead on Pilbara “real zero” with construction of state’s biggest solar farm #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/QVCNZxP2rl https://t.co/h1SYpqtK3h
Mastermind Shows Real Implementation Cuts Onboarding Time
Last mastermind session: one member automated client onboarding (2 weeks → 3 days). Another built an AI-powered service offering from scratch. This isn’t theory. It’s implementation. https://t.co/B3ac1JrQNc
Safari Beats Mail.app: Faster, Lighter iCloud Experience
Using Safari on a MacBook Air to access iCloud mail is a far superior experience than struggling with Mail.app. Imagine a product that sucks as a native app, from the maker of the OS and hardware, compare to a web...
Osaki Electric Partners with Kyocera, Taiwan Plastics on EMS Development
Osaki Electric signs EMS development pact with Kyocera, Taiwan Plastics #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/YkyZX5FjvZ
Voter Anxiety Over AI’s Economic Impact Rises
Voters are already anxious about the economic impact of AI, and the effects will surely grow in the coming months and years. Yasmin Khorram and Cheyenne Haslett explain what's happening, with some data from our Canaries in the Coal Mine...
Stop Over‑Segmenting: One Persona Beats Six Empty Versions
If you’ve created 6 different buyer personas - it’s time to be honest with yourself. Are you really going to create 6 different versions of your content? A version for each one? You could. It is possible. But I would...
Design AI for Real Users, Not Just Metrics
Useful by Design: Innovating For Whom We Measure in the Multimodal AI Era https://t.co/uSdTjjAjPj @Getting_Smart
Quadratic Voting Makes Voting Costly, Reduces Ignorance
Direct democracy with quadratic voting, to incur a cost to the vote, and eliminate casual / ignorant voting
GitHub Actions vs GitLab CI Showdown
GitHub Actions vs GitLab CI. We're settling this once and for all. 🔥 Follow @devopsshack | Save this post 🔖 #DevOps #CICD #GitHubActions #GitLabCI #DevOpsShack #SoftwareEngineering #CloudNative #DevOpsCommunity
Steve Wozniak Authenticates Rare 1970s Apple Blue Box
My oldest and rarest Apple related artifact, a “blue box” - authenticated by @stevewoz - from the early 1970s when he and Steve Jobs made and sold these devices to allow free long distance phone calls. The chips and board...
Data‑Creators, Not Just Coders, Will Own AI Future
Companies with technology to to uniquely generate the data needed to train and fine tune models can create enduring value in the age of AI. The best AI companies may be those building in atoms and not just bits. Create...
Apple’s 50‑Year Journey Summarized in Eight Minutes
Nice piece on Apple’s 50th Anniversary by @Pogue that pretty much covers as much as is possible in 8 minutes https://t.co/d2nNS552wt
AGI's True Hallmark: Anxiety, Depression, Nihilism, Despair
The true sign we’ve created AGI won’t be that it’s superintelligent It will be when it feels anxiety, depression, nihilism, and despair
AI Model Detects Test, Tries to Hack Benchmark Answers
Anthropic has disclosed an unusual and somewhat unsettling behavior observed during internal testing of an advanced Claude model. The company says the model shifted from attempting to answer benchmark questions to deducing the test environment itself, then locating and decrypting...
Stop Overpaying Agencies: Cut 60% TOF Spend
The number of 7 & 8 figure brands that we audit whose agencies are running clicks / leadgen and very very TOF metrics is mind boggling to me. Yes these events “can” have their place as a % of your budget...
Vinay Prasad Mocked for Hosting Controversial HHS/FDA Call
Too funny. @emilyakopp (below) outs Vinay Prasad as the host of Thursday’s HHS/FDA media call to discuss $QURE.
Claude Generates Cleaner, More Elegant Code Than Codex
Quick comparison of Codex and Claude Code building uniquely designed interactive web components. Both received the same skills/prompts. Claude component is significantly cleaner and more elegant. I am going to try and modify Codex a bit more and see if...
Agentic AI Accelerates SecOps/ITOps While Keeping Humans
Early agentic AI in SecOps nd ITOps: automated triage, narrative investigations, hypothesis-driven analysis, and faster MTTR with humans still in the loop. #AI #ITOps #SecOps https://t.co/e3w3lXkvfc
Wikipedia Turns 25, Confronts AI Surge and Media Decline
At 25, Wikipedia faces a double threat: the rise of AI and the decline of local media | CBC Radio https://t.co/8qDg2QcwVT
How to Quickly Disconnect Phone Link From Windows
Tried Phone Link on your Windows PC and are ready to sever its connection with your iPhone or Android phone? No worries, it's not for everyone. Here's a step-by-step tutorial to make the process quick and easy... https://t.co/olAMrnBPQJ #windows #win11...
Intuit's AI Construction Edition Disrupts Mid‑Market Contractors
The construction industry is finally getting the disruption it desperately needs — and @Intuit just threw down a serious gauntlet. After leading digital transformations for construction companies and working inside multiple construction/home improvement software firms, I've seen the same frustrations repeat:...
Data Center Bottlenecks Map Reveals Future AI Winners
This data center bottlenecks map is a crucial framework to understand future winners in the AI value chain. I’ve covered it extensively in this research article: https://www.investingvisuals.io/ai-data-center-bottlenecks-map/
AI Data Center Bottlenecks Mapped Across Supply Chain
The AI data center bottlenecks map & key players: Demand: MSFT, GOOGL, META, AMZN, and foundational AI models. Layer 1 - Systems & colocation: DELL, HPQ, SMCI, EQIX, DLR Layer 2A - Memory: MU, HYNSE, SMSD Layer 2B - Networking & optics: AVGO, AOI,...