A republic, not an empire.But what does that mean?For Britain, it meant decline. https://t.co/jppo5d9Uds ...

Regulate big tech with a thousand startup piranhas.Or protect big tech with a thousand anti-startup regulations.Those are the choices.a16z (@a16z):Innovation does more to keep Big Tech in check than regulation ever could.@balajis says billion-dollar acquisitions are a sign of Big Tech’s weakness. They show what incumbents couldn't build and fund startup piranhas to fill the gaps.Block the exits, and you shut down the https://t.co/y1lzLWoILV ...

RT a16z (@a16z)Innovation does more to keep Big Tech in check than regulation ever could.@balajis says billion-dollar acquisitions are a sign of Big Tech’s weakness. They show what incumbents couldn't build and fund startup piranhas to fill the gaps.Block the exits, and you shut down the next generation. ...

@tomaspueyo Like the transition from artisanship to mass production.https://t.co/uaekJxRV1OBenjamin Todd (@ben_j_todd):Sometimes the value of a 'human touch' is negative. People willing to pay 50% more for Waymo than Lyft, despite longer waiting times. https://t.co/lcfnrjNOiC ...

@tomaspueyo It took 20 years from the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.And billions of miles, and billions of dollars.But AI can now do this valuable task end-to-end.And probably many others. https://t.co/Ajqk7EhKWr ...

Figure is from @tomaspueyo's recent post:https://t.co/M8AOd44H8t https://t.co/tIYBlX37Vw ...

LLMs may have topped out, for now.But the broader AI deployment has just begun. https://t.co/uwGgQ6uxTM ...

AI Agent 发展趋势 - AI agents 的引入类似于汽车在物理街道上的引入，将重塑数字世界 [1] - 存在 AI-only 空间，如 bots 之间的交易，类似于汽车专用高速公路 [1] - 存在 human-only 空间，如 proof-of-human 社交网络，类似于可步行的社区 [1] - 存在人机混合空间，如 Claude Code，类似于人机混合的城市街道 [1]

In November 2022 the perception of crypto and AI couldn’t be more different, with FTX going down and ChatGPT booting up.“AI is the real deal, crypto is a scam” — that was the meme of the day. And I understand why.But of course, today AI is used for enormous amounts of slop. And crypto conversely is how we determine what’s actually real.…of course, both AI and crypto are very useful. I’m just discussing the shift in perception from Q4 2022 to now. ...

Reminds me a lot of crypto.I see the downsides of crypto, but also the upsides. Interestingly the downsides and upsides of AI are becoming similar.In the wrong hands, crypto & AI enable spam, slop, and scams.In the right hands, they’re power tools for power users.solarapparition (@solarapparition):yeah i'm genuinely surprised by how annoyed i am. it started with ai images, extended into the slopbots, and now i'm minorly triggered every time i see the telltale textual signs in the wildthe thing is my absolut ...