AI & Machine Learning
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Generative AI is the bridge to the next computing paradigm of wearables, just like the Internet bridged the gap from PCs to smartphones.
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The first wave of successful AI implementations will probably look more like the first wave of computing, which was dominated by large-scale enterprise installations that eliminated jobs. Consumer will come later.
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A single AI can never make everyone happy, which is fundamentally threatening to the Aggregator business model; the solution is personalized AI
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More on Bing, particularly the Sydney personality undergirding it: interacting with Sydney has made me completely rethink what conversational AI is important for.
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The first obvious casualty of large language models is homework: the real training for everyone, though, and the best way to leverage AI, will be in verifying and editing information.
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OpenAI Restructuring, Microsoft’s Rights, Simo and Windsurf
OpenAI is tying up all its loose ends in preparation for being the user interface for AI
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ChatGPT Memory, Boundaries and AI Companions, Auren
ChatGPT’s memory feature is pretty basic, but it’s the sort of product feature that can build a moat, particularly if it’s extended to other use cases.
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OpenAI’s New Image Model, Graphic Design and Google, More on Security
OpenAI’s new image generation capabilities feel like another AGI domino; then, yes, security is about more than encryption.
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An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About Building a Consumer Tech Company
An interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about building OpenAI and ChatGPT, and what it means to be an accidental consumer tech company.
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OpenAI API Updates, Steelmanning the API Business, The Problem With Both
OpenAI has compelling new updates to their API that should be good for the API business; is that good for OpenAI?
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An Interview with Benedict Evans About AI Unknowns
An interview with Benedict Evans about AI lessons over the last year, and the many unresolved issues that will impact industry structure going forward.
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AI Promise and Chip Precariousness
The AI industry is more exciting than ever, but the chip situation is very precarious and requires drastic action.
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Deep Research and Knowledge Value
Deep Research is an AGI product for certain narrow domains; it’s ability to find anything on the Internet will make secret knowledge all the more valuable.
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Apple Earnings, OpenAI Deep Research, The Unbundling of Substantiation
I give my analysis of Apple’s Earnings, and then OpenAI Deep Research does the same, demonstrating the unbundling of substantiation from creation.
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The OpenAI Critique, Comparative Advantage and Infrastructure, Aggregation Theory and Cheap AI
Further grappling with DeepSeek implications, including the lack of focus in U.S. tech companies, the problem with comparative advantage, and the possibility of zero marginal cost AI.