Mike

This is wild. 143 million people thought they were catching Pokémon. They were actually building one of the largest real-world visual datasets in AI history. Niantic just disclosed that photos and AR scans collected through Pokémon Go have produced a dataset of over 30 billion real-world images. The company is now using that data to power visual navigation AI for delivery robots. Players didn't just walk around with their phones. They scanned landmarks, storefronts, parks, and sidewalks from every angle, at every time of day, in lighting and weather conditions that staged photography would never capture. They documented the physical world at a scale no mapping company with a fleet of vehicles could have replicated on the same timeline or budget. Niantic collected this systematically, data point by data point, across eight years, while users thought the only thing at stake was catching a rare Charizard. The most valuable AI training datasets in the world aren't being assembled in data centers. They're being built by people who have no idea they're building them.

Claude runs my entire life, and it's the best investment I've ever made. Ideation/creative tasks = Sonnet 4.6 + Opus 4.6 Vibe coding = Opus 4.6 on web/app Heavy coding tasks = Opus 4.6 + Claude Code CLI Scheduled tasks = Cowork Repetable workflows = Cowork Plug-ins + Claude Skills Gym advice = Sonnet 4.6 Nutrition coaching = Sonnet 4.6 Quick queries = Haiku 4.5 Claude Chrome extension = Haiku 4.5 Claude x Slack (and other tools) = Sonnet 4.6 & MCPs What else gives you THIS much ROI for $100-200/month?

I did not turn my back on the altcoin market. The altcoin market turned its back on me when it became nothing more than useless memecoin slop. The KOLs that go around saying I am "anti-crypto" don't even know what crypto used to be before they joined. It used to be exciting and felt like innovation was actually happening. Then these new guys joined and just shilled memecoins non-stop and innovation practically grinded to a halt. Now all people care about are shilling memecoins, strategic reserves and ETFs. What ever happened to changing the world? Now they act like I am the bad guy for saying memecoins should go to zero. Crypto is not what it used to be, but one day I think it can return to that.