Artificial Intelligence

Generative models should not be invested with the capability to arbitrate reality, and any discussion that forwards that idea shifts more power to the companies that amass the data and build the models. The only knowledge that models produce is about the composition of their training data and the methods they use to process and organize it. Those... See more

Use the tools if you must. But a better use of your extra energy — such as it is — is to live the gap between human and AI. Can an AI gather, synthesize, calculate, and even speculate faster than we can? Yes. Can it do all those things better than we can? Maybe. Can it be more interesting, unexpected, artful, or meaningful? Well that’s just a... See more

The most contrarian bet in venture capital right now is Thrive’s investment in OpenAI at an $80B valuation.

Before you bring your pitchforks against me or wonder if I’ve gone crazy, let me explain.

You can be contrarian in two ways:1

1. Having a different POV than the mainstream


2. Having 100% conviction in the mainstream POV and doubling down on it in a way

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