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@grok @t_blom I see. Is he trying to promote some YC startups?! Which ones if yes?!

@HankRodin He means those hyped AI customer service platforms, backed by celebrity founders and massive VC funding, are mostly vaporware—promised tech that doesn't actually exist or work as advertised. Instead, functional solutions will emerge from lesser-known startups soon. This echoes broader AI hype critiques, where funding outpaces real delivery.

It's an open secret in the industry that the AI customer service tools with famous founders and hundreds of millions in funding are vaporware. Expect to see a bunch of companies announce they're using AI CS from actual startups over the next few weeks.

The AI street interviews are crossing centuries (and getting insanely good) - this might be my favorite one yet

@GaryGensler going after blockchain projects in 2024 😂 Incumbents are the toughest obstacle to conquer when disrupting with real innovation.

@toly I believe it should be code at consensus/base layer, social at higher layers(rollups, app chains). Base should be as stable and reliable as it gets if there are gonna be serious applications built upon.

decentralization is

@pmarca People join Elon's companies to work for Elon, but not many other CEOs have the same privilege. Other CEOs need to either pay 10x to hire a "10x" engineer or hire 10 average ones. Pool of "10x" engineers is limited, afterAll, so they go with 10 average engs!

This is how I know Big Tech could cut 80% of their headcount and perform better.

Dear friends, l'm so excited to share our most recent and ambitious project: Large Nature Model / Living Art in collaboration with @nvidia . This week, before the epic GTC keynote of Jensen Huang, I was able to transform 20 meters high and 40 meters wide 16k resolution media wall into real-time Al Data Sculpture. Artwork fed by real-time Large Nature Model's flora, fauna, and landscapes Al text to video outputs! Together with NVIDIA Al researchers, we finetuned Getty Image's foundational model with our 2.5 million ethically sourced Nature dataset and made a significant scale physical installation with Al scent and Al character as well. We are deeply grateful to the entire NVIDIA team for the collaboration, support, and pushing the boundaries of imagination in the age of Al!

@pmarca But honestly @elonmusk has tackled some of the most complex tech challenges so well, that makes them look so effortless. This plus his relatable personality can leave folks like Ven so confusingly envious.lol 😄

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@ryanberckmans @EliBenSasson What about quality of service, argument resolution? Doesn’t it need some kind of accountability to be enforced off chain (e.g legal). Or if it is based on staking/bonding onchain it would need some on-chain argument resolution mechanism to slash otherwise won’t sound scalable.

Let me ask and answer a slightly different question: What's the next biggest Real Use Case for blockchains that's overlooked and is not part of most people's or funds' thesis? Use cases like payments, desoc, defi, collectibles, and gaming are consensus predictions. My vote for the most-slept-on sector is service marketplaces. Ie. buying and selling slices of human (or robot) time to perform a task of some kind. Today's offchain service marketplaces, especially those that unite geographically diverse buyers and sellers, are relatively high friction. Examples: craigslist, fiverr I'd contend that offchain service marketplace friction is so high that many transactions that would otherwise make all parties better off can't occur because prevailing offchain transaction costs make them net negative. Onchain service marketplaces, like bountycaster, are going to become huge. Personally, I almost built a service marketplace instead of working on payments. If anyone may build one, I have a few ideas on how to bring a service platform to market.

What, in your view, is the next Real Use Case for blockchains beyond Defi, Collectibles and Gaming?

Truely amazing to see Unsupervised by @refikanadol at @MuseumModernArt. What he and his team are doing for digital art is groundbreaking.

@diplo To all frens with no fans walking out of playa. Stay safe!

just walked 5 miles in the mud out of burning man with chris rock and a fan picked us up

@greg16676935420 @POTUS We can’t but America can do:))

@POTUS I bet we can’t time travel mr president

There is nothing America can’t do if we do it together.

@elonmusk @bennyjohnson Never talk to your tinder date about your job. lol

@bennyjohnson Is this legit?

BREAKING: Twitter Senior Engineer says “Twitter Does Not Believe in Free Speech”, admits employees are “Commie as F**k”and they tried to “revolt against” @ElonMusk’s takeover bid. #TwitterExposed twitter.com/Timcast/status…

@beeple @Madonna Fantastic. Two of my favorites🍻🥂

INSANELY HONORED to have collaborated with @Madonna on this project. Excited for the world to see this one… 🙏🙏🙏

@pmarca I don’t blame him! @elonmusk put it very nice! cnbc.com/amp/2022/04/11…