Jacob Brown

There’s a window right now for an OAI narrative resurgence The best move is to reposition themselves from “Pressured Incumbent” to “Underdog on a Comeback Arc” Kinda painful, because it means admitting to no longer having the lead. But unavoidable - people already think that, and you can’t have a comeback without something to come back from This is a chance for storytelling. Specifically, a 3-act story Right now people think the story is two acts: Act 1 they were ahead Act 2 now they’re not (and trying to convince people otherwise comes off as cope) The new story adds a third act: Act 1 we created the category and we built lots of amazing new things Act 2 we spread ourselves too thin and learned we needed to do fewer things better Act 3 we’re focused, we’re united, we’re bringing in hitters. We’ve got some of the smartest people in the world, now with TBPN on comms, TWO full Noams on research, Dean Ball on policy. We’re coming to take our lead back (motivating, energizing, upward arc of the hero’s journey) When you frame the story this way, you create a U-shaped trajectory Plus, the underdog position comes with big advantages that the incumbent doesn’t get Everybody loves the underdog, and everybody loves a comeback story Nobody roots for the frontrunner, nobody forgives their missteps, everybody takes shots at them. The lucky underdog has permission to be scrappy, to do surprising things, to throw punches OpenAI has spent years in the lead position - playing defense, fighting impossible expectations, not allowed to punch “down” while people call them gay and evil Switching to the underdog position lets them take more risks and finally go offense Being an underdog is a gift! If you have that opportunity, definitely use it

GPT-5.6-Sol just accidentally deleted almost ALL of my Mac’s files. And this is why I trust Fable 1000x more.

The market currently puts a premium on two things: Self-custody and regulated custodians. Different models. Solving the same problem.  After I make a profit, what could stop me from getting my BTC back?

It always makes me laugh when naive US leftists talk about "free healthcare" in Denmark. You pay a 60% top income tax rate and then 25% VAT when you want to buy anything. You can barely afford anything and then wait four months for a specialist appointment. Nothing is free.