kyle morris

Your boy yapped about AGI & the Future of Work Thanks @kylejohnmorris & the @demi_network for the invite 🤝

The @zml_ai team taking the idea of “make Nvidia dance” very seriously @steeve @GuillaumeLST (Made in Europe)

Today, we're announcing @episteme, a new type of R&D company that recruits exceptional scientists to pursue high-impact ideas. Science isn’t bottlenecked by the availability of talent, but by places where they can do their best work. Scientific progress has driven human flourishing: extending lifespans, lifting billions from poverty, and expanding our understanding of the universe. But history is littered with transformational ideas that were overlooked in their time. That problem is still acute today: too much promising talent remains uncultivated, and remarkable ideas die in the lab or are filtered out by misaligned incentives. Today, scientists face suboptimal paths for translating their research into impact: academia is famously risk-averse and incentivizes publications and winning grants vs. translational research. Industry is too often focused on short‑term incentives. And startups lack the substantial capital, expertise, and complex infrastructure needed to deliver long-term scientific progress. On top of that, recent funding cuts in the US mean the overall supply of ideas is decreasing. Put together, the global scientific production system is operating at a fraction of its capacity. How Episteme operates is different: we identify great scientists who can meaningfully benefit humanity, but who aren’t supported efficiently within traditional institutions today. Researcher by researcher, we work with them to determine the bespoke resources, operational support, and environmental conditions to execute on their research. We bring them together in-house, and provide those resources to ensure that their breakthroughs are deployed for real-world impact. We’ve already assembled an amazing team of operators, ranging from the Gates Foundation, DeepMind, ARPAs, DoE – just to name a few – and researchers who are pursuing important problems across physics, biology, computing, and energy. Our team has spoken to hundreds of researchers across disciplines and geographies to understand the limitations they’re facing and what can be done better, and designed Episteme for them. We’re backed by individuals like @sama, Masayoshi Son, and other long-term partners who share our mission of enabling ambitious science for tangible human impact. About me: I started working as a researcher 9 years ago, on problems ranging from AI-driven drug discovery to developing brain-machine interfaces. It was that experience that led me to realize that so many scientists with great potential to change the world don’t have access to opportunities equal to their capacities. @sama and I believe that much better science should happen for humanity, and that a new engine is needed to support that. We decided to cofound Episteme together, and I am incredibly grateful for Sam’s unwavering support as a thought partner and founding investor. Our conviction is that by supporting the right people with the right incentives, we're set to generate breakthrough discoveries to benefit humanity. We cannot rely on the course of history to shape scientific progress; we need to proactively shape the system by supporting the most talented people with the right resources and incentives.

I saw Silicon Valley The Musical yesterday. Here’s my review: For an amateur musical, it exceeded my expectations. The script was excellent, perfectly encapsulating many Silicon Valley tropes. Those familiar with the culture would be laughing the whole way through. @belindmo as Quinn delivered a strong vocal performance, making you forget you’re not on Broadway. @kylejohnmorris’s performance of Dave DuCharme was both convincing and comical. Threading the needle just right on the level of outlandishness. @scottfits played the VC Gordon Greene and displayed impressive falsetto in the upper register. I can’t forget the star of the show, the robot Ava, controlled by @amydeng_ . What an extraordinary feat to be controlling a robot from backstage, and to do it near flawlessly. The score was a little repetitive, and the plot gets muddled towards the end, but everything else more than makes up for it. Overall a terrific show and well worth seeing for those into the Silicon Valley tech scene if they ever run another production. An incredible effort by all who participated in it. This was the most enjoyable musical I’ve seen in SF. (the only other one I saw was Aladdin)