Sunday Signal: Tesla’s new Optimus demo, random walks and Steve Jobs’ career advice

The Jeff Bezos interview at the DealBook summit was excellent. Some of my favorite things Jeff said:
1. It’s human nature to overestimate risk and underestimate opportunity.
2. Entrepreneurs would be well advised to try and bias against that piece of human nature. The risks are probably... See more
Leadership
Ultimately, AI starts as a leadership problem, where leaders recognize that AI presents urgent challenges and opportunities. One big change since I wrote about this topic months ago is that more leaders are starting to recognize the need to address AI. You can see this in two viral memos, from the CEO of Shopify and the CEO of Duolingo,... See more
Ultimately, AI starts as a leadership problem, where leaders recognize that AI presents urgent challenges and opportunities. One big change since I wrote about this topic months ago is that more leaders are starting to recognize the need to address AI. You can see this in two viral memos, from the CEO of Shopify and the CEO of Duolingo,... See more
Elon Musk just dropped a masterclass for young founders at Y Combinator’s AI Startup School.Here’s the no-BS, skin-in-the-game wisdom he shared (and how to actually use it):➤ 1. Plan to fail. Still build anyway."I started SpaceX expecting to fail... probably die."Elon gave himself a 10% chance.First 3 rockets exploded. The 4th barely made it.Most... See more