but seriously i think there is a case to
made that pacing frontier of social media algorithms would benefit humanity a lot more than pacing the frontier of AI
I am in favor of universal slow down but I do mean universal. the AI will slow but so will we — posting less, scrolling less, emailing less. we are cooking more slowly, talking more slowly, walking to the office more slowly. UNIVERSAL slow down. dad needs a break.
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as a parent who specifically puts our kids in schools with no screens in the classroom, i'm also extremely xtremely excited about the ways AI will accelerate my kids learning outside the classsroom
can't wait to start playing around with Aristotle
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America is banning AI in schools.
China is using AI to create geniuses.
Introducing Aristotle: The AI tutor that solves America’s broken education system.
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back in Sea Ranch 11 years after we got married here.
this place is as perfect as ever
if anthropic wants normies to believe they are going to destroy the world, they need a catchy name like Y2K
real ones remember that @immad and team have been working hard toward this moment for MANY years
huge!!
1/ The FDIC just approved @Mercury Bank, N.A.'s application for deposit insurance.
One step closer to opening Mercury Bank!. There is still work between here and opening Mercury Bank’s virtual doors, which should happen in 2027.
I started Mercury in 2017 because I wanted to build the bank I wished had existed when I was running my previous companies. Going from a fintech with bank partners to a tech company with an actual bank has been the vision from the beginning.
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ok the community notes were right, gpt 5.6 could not make a chamath STL file
but, here's Astra's actual one-shot. gonna print and send to @jason tonight
Presh is one of my favorite founders and one of the most interesting people I know.
Sat across from him at our studio for 2 years and watched him show up every day to build The Wellness Company
a black iced coffee from McDonald’s McCafe is better than most hipster coldbrews
i recently learned that it also was customary for generals from both sides to sit down together for dinner after a surrender
@JamesSurowiecki There are statues of George Washington in England, to say nothing of Cromwell. Japan has statues of pretty much every significant Samurai present at the Battle of Shiroyama.
You can find examples honoring men on the other side pretty much everywhere.
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David Byrne is one of the most creative artists on earth. truly incredible for Amanda and me to spend our 11 year anniversary seeing him make this music that has been a part of our lives for decades
2 hours of banger after banger.
the same as it ever was
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i don't want an iphone that folds to become massive, i want one that folds to become tiny
why can’t sutro baths do it like palos verdes does it?
6yo realized we always order groceries on sundays and snuck this into our whole foods cart this morning
why is nobody talking about this iphone feature that lets you read on your phone in the car without motion sickness
User acquisition strategy: Buy Nothing Facebook Groups
> listed chairs I wanted to get rid of
> old lady (80) wants chairs and needs some help carrying
> in the midst asks what I do for work
> “i work for an AI company (@howie_ai)”
> she realizes she needs a Howie for the 30 person trip to the Guggenheim
> signs up for Howie
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ok @hf0. respect.
@Katie_Roof we were the first firm to invest :)
my cofounder is burning through subs so fast he had to build an app to track the reset schedules
no consumer social product in my lifetime is more objectively net-positive for young people than tincan
elon wiring $6B to openai on the close of the cursor acquisition...
OpenAI Startup Fund ($175M vehicle) is potentially the best fund of its vintage:
- Cursor: led the $8M seed in 2023
- Harvey: led the $5M seed in 2022
- Chai Discovery: co-led the $30M seed in 2024
you can just vibe 3d print things
