No one is explaining the joke, so I will. It’s multi-layered.First, there was a fun Oct 2017 Twitter exchange about the right way to render a burger emoji. Obviously this was trivial, but Sundar said “we’ll drop everything else we are doing and address on Monday” as a joke.The new post uses that old reference to show off Gemini 3’s image rendering capabilities. Normally, AI models struggle with spatial orientation, particularly with respect to the relative position of objects. They also struggle with text ( ...

I don’t think the goal is remaining “pure” forever, particularly if that’s defined as never becoming useful enough to make money.Instead, if an organization truly starts losing sight of its original purpose, it is eventually replaced. If however it is correctly *balancing* that purpose with practicality, it’s not easily replaced.Nayak Satya (@NayakSatya_SG):@balajis But don’t the art/ideology companies either turn into cash machines the instant payroll hits 9 figures, or die broke ?Name one that stayed pure ...

Motivation & Purpose - Companies like Salesforce and Oracle were built with money as a primary motivator, while Apple and Twitter were driven by artistic vision, SpaceX and Tesla by engineering excellence, and Bitcoin and Zcash by ideological convictions [1] - The pursuit of art, science, and justice can generate more energy than purely financial incentives [2] - A company should be started only if one is passionate about solving a problem, not for money, fame, or competition [3] Business Strategy & Sustainability - Money is a metric, but not the only one, and the "capitalism" aspect of technocapitalism has been overemphasized [2] - When a cause faces setbacks, a paycheck provides stability; when there is no paycheck, the righteousness of the cause drives one forward [3]

AI Utilization & Programming - Good AI results require significant effort in prompting or creative prompt engineering, akin to programming [1] - Poor AI use reveals underlying deficiencies, similar to bad programming practices [1] - Lack of effort is not concealed by AI, but rather exposed [1] AI vs Manual Effort - High-effort AI use, combining prompting and manual refinement, can surpass manual effort alone [2]

This objection is worth rebutting, as I’m normally sympathetic to an argument like this.But the issue is that AI radically increases the cost to *verify* even as it slashes the cost to *generate*. So in many verticals it increases costs, because verification was cheap and is now costly.Fundamentally that’s because current AI tools (a) consistently produce *subtle* errors and (b) are used to spam channels that weren’t built to detect that many convincing forgeries. For example, the market for (say) email has ...

In general, if the text sounds like AI, it's usually bad. AI is for suggesting as opposed to writing.The one exception is for people who speak English as a second language. But even then they should add a note saying "this is an AI translation."https://t.co/Uq5QCe0N9SDK (@pinokole):@balajis What if you use AI to refine our texts/email (not write everything by itself) is that also verboten? ...

AI Usage Heuristic - The optimal amount of AI in most applications is neither 100% nor 0%, suggesting a balanced approach [1] - "No public undisclosed AI" is presented as a key rule for AI implementation [6] Rules for AI Implementation - Avoid using AI-generated text in public communications such as emails, DMs, and websites, as it can appear verbose and lacking in original thought [2] - Exercise caution when using AI-generated images or videos, especially without careful prompting and refinement, as low-quality AI imagery can be perceived as fake [3][4] - AI is acceptable for private research and prototyping, but disclosure is crucial when using it publicly [5] Implications of Undisclosed AI - Using AI text in communications may signal laziness, poor writing skills, low reading comprehension, or a lack of thoughtful consideration [6] - Disclosing AI usage can prevent the impression of passing off AI-generated content as original work [8]

If you can do it from scratch, you can take shortcuts.But if you can only take shortcuts, you can’t do it from scratch. ...

Yes, but:(1) Relative strength is critical because the US business model is issuance of the global reserve currency. Losing relative status means losing that.(2) Much of the US economy is fake & financialized. Look at the debt and production graphs.https://t.co/rhWLOzMui5Inev May (@InevMay):@balajis You might be right but this graph is misleading. If you look at the USA for example, its proportion of global economy has shrank (% on the graph), but the actual volume of its "piece of the pie" has increased. ...

@tszzl Good point. My counterargument is that (a) those countries are essentially just protectorates of the US, and hence downstream of US elections and (b) the specific dynamics differ, but the financial and political situation is similarly dire.https://t.co/W1ED5QxAe8 https://t.co/kfEh9ChtC7Lee Fang (@lhfang):@balajis Most western countries have proportional elections and/or run off elections, not winner take all. Zero-sum and gerrymandering are features of Anglo countries like Canada, the UK and especial ...