Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Take:
* The private sector AI market will ultimately be far bigger than public sector, just as with the original Internet
* Anthropic has gained a real lead in the private sector in the last 2 months
* Government models were never going to be as lobotomized as private sector, same as any weapons
* OpenAI has stumbled...
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Finally watched Dhurandhar. It is quite a remarkable accomplishment. At first glance it seems to be part of the long tradition of pre-political gritty realist crime/terror movies from Bollywood going back to Drohkaal, Tamas, Vastav etc. But just a few subtle touches make it an unmistakably right-coded political movie, ...
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I’m a Rube Goldberg but only because I haven’t yet found an idea that will move me to inventor quadrant
I sometimes enjoy the burner/prepper quadrant esp towards the artistic end, but I haven’t yet learned to enjoy the true DIY zone. I only do it if hiring help would be too expensive or high friction.
Interesting to...
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I think “World Computer” is now an overscoped phrase since AI has radically expanded the idea of computing. I think a better term for the Ethereum vision is now World Fabric.
The term fabric is often used at all levels of compute from SoC to data centers to designate specifically the connective tissues, control plane...
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I sometimes wonder if we’re missing something fundamental about the interplay of decentralization and feature growth. Something like this syllogism:
Major premise: Growth tips of complex technologies are always centralized for a while
Minor premise: Complex technologies are always growing in feature space
Conclusion: ...
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I’m curious what openclaw is actually used for in the median case. I’m guessing most people don’t have complex enough calendars or laundry situations to require any assistance. Even the rpi reminder widget would be way overkill for me.
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Trying to think through the correct mental model update to the “below the API” idea for the AI era. I think there are two possibilities:
a) “It’s all API and everyone’s entangled in it, there’s no above/below” … OR
b) a more radical counter-intuitive possibility: The human is the API
People often mistakenly cred...
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