AI

Joe Stampone

“The goal of capital is not to replace you because capital doesn’t want you to go on vacation. The goal of capital is to make you interchangeable, not to replace you.”

Skill is whatever happens repeatedly. Everything else is a story.

The default answer, I’m afraid, is No. If you do nothing, you’re almost certainly going to get overrun. If you have an Atom Moat, then you stand a pretty good chance of weathering the storm, if you execute well. Just a chance, mind you: It’s a moat, not a force field. But atoms are a pretty good moat. If you make beer, or work with humans, or ship... See more

The Anthropic Hive Mind

Improv at Scale

Anthropic’s Hive Mind is described by employees as “Yes, and...” style improvisational theater. Every idea is welcomed, examined, savored, and judged by the Hive Mind. It’s all based on vibes. There is no central decision-making authority. They are just trying everything, and when magic happens, they all just kind of realize it at... See more

The Anthropic Hive Mind

At the end of the day, we still believe in aspiring to greatness. In measuring success by the quality of what we make, not the number of tasks completed.

AI dramatically lowers the cost of starting. New ideas. New apps. New projects. New directions. All suddenly cheap, fast, and frictionless.

In a world where you can do anything, most people will try to do everything.

The problem, of course, is that you aren’t “paid” for doing hundreds of things poorly…you’re paid for doing one thing beautifully.

Some people said it could never happen. My argument was always not that an LLM couldn’t create something of equal merit, but that the fact that a novel was written by Jane Austen is a big part of what gives it its value. It’s not just about the end result; it’s about where the end result comes from.