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Only 1 in 50 AI investments deliver transformational value. Because the 70% that matters — human development — is being completely ignored.  They bought the Stradivarius and fired the music teacher.  Full piece → open.substack.com/pub/opherbraye…

I believe it's goddamn impossible to stand out by dumbing shit down—because simplification turns you into just another forgettable asshole in a sea of boring coaches. You got a coaching company? The laziest, most basic bitch move is slapping up "We Coach." Like... "We work." Wow. Groundbreaking. Pass the fucking award.

Trying to make founders describe their products in simple everyday language is like trying to push together the north poles of two magnets.

@banditmove @banditmove We need to talk. opher.brayer@impro.ai

Looking forward!

Andy Weir showing some of the spreadsheets underlying the calculations in the book youtube.com/watch?v=lYHCTE… i mean, it's not quality scifi if it doesn't come with a supplementary whitepaper

Had to go see Project Hail Mary right away (it's based on the book of Andy Weir, of also The Martian fame). Both very pleased and relieved to say that 1) the movie sticks very close to the book in both content and tone and 2) is really well executed. The book is one of my favorites when it comes to alien portrayals because a lot of thought was clearly given to the scientific details of an alternate biochemistry, evolutionary history, sensorium, psychology, language, tech tree, etc. It's different enough that it is highly creative and plausible, but also similar enough that you get a compelling story and one of the best bromances in fiction. Not to mention the other (single-cellular) aliens. I can count fictional portrayals of aliens of this depth on one hand. A lot of these aspects are briefly featured - if you read the book you'll spot them but if you haven't, the movie can't spend the time to do them justice. I'll say that the movie inches a little too much into the superhero movie tropes with the pacing, the quips, the Bathos and such for my taste, and we get a little bit less the grand of Interstellar and a little bit less of the science of The Martian, but I think it's ok considering the tone of the original content. And it does really well where it counts - on Rocky and the bromance. Thank you to the film crew for the gem!

In McDonald’s, you know what you get. But you don’t get what you want.”  That’s corporate AI training in one sentence. Standardized courses, chatbot tutorials, and completion certificates.  Your people don’t need a Happy Meal. They need a master teacher.  #TheAngryCEOs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">open.substack.com/pub/opherbraye… #InvestInHumans

@tobi Few smart people sell, many smart less buy and feel lucky 🤣

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Got technical skills? Soon you will be fired! Got a talent? Soon you will get a raise! @opher.brayer/why-im-starting-to-believe-talent-beats-technical-skills-even-in-the-age-of-ai-21ca190823d1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@opher.brayer/…

Only 1 in 50 AI investments deliver transformational value. Because the 70% that matters — human development — is being completely ignored.  They bought the Stradivarius and fired the music teacher.  Full piece → open.substack.com/pub/opherbraye…

Nadella says he’s “haunted” Microsoft won’t survive. His response: fire 15,000 people, tell executives to commit or leave. Meanwhile virtually no one is using Copilot and employees call the culture “cold and rigid.”  That’s not transformation. That’s a haunted house.

The CEOs firing 40% today will discover in 3 years they’ve lobotomized their companies. AI doesn’t run itself. They kept the board but removed the players. Then wondered why nobody could play. Full piece → open.substack.com/pub/opherbraye… #TheProfitableLayoff #InvestInHumans #FutureOfWork #AILayoffs

The Profitable Layoff open.substack.com/pub/opherbraye…

Chess teaches leaders that every piece is expendable. Jazz teaches that the leader’s greatness is measured by what they draw out of others. Most CEOs play chess. I’ve spent 40 years proving jazz works better.

Sam Altman says training a human takes “20 years and all the food you eat.” As if your childhood is an input cost. As if your life is an inefficient training pipeline. Rationality without humanity isn’t intelligence. It’s math with a god complex.

The people buying that stock might be the next ones their CEO fires. We’re collectively funding our own displacement and calling it a portfolio strategy. The pieces are applauding the king for sacrificing them.

Jack Dorsey just fired 4,000 people from a profitable company. Stock jumped 24%. Wall Street’s message: trade humans for AI and we’ll make you rich. Welcome to The Profitable Layoff.