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Brad Cooper

@mvhacking

Ex-Apple | Ex-MGM Studios | 30k+ followers | AI, robotics, tech, medical, media, and humanitarian. Marketing executive, inventor, builder, STEM, storyteller.

Irvine, CA Katılım Ocak 2019
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Brett McCracken
Brett McCracken@brettmccracken·
I hate how ubiquitous AI is, showing up everywhere uninvited, inserting its creepy sycophantic “helpfulness” even when you didn’t ask for it, dominating discourse, flooding Spotify, slopping up social feeds, sowing “real or AI?” doubts. Where can one go to live an AI-free life?
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Figure
Figure@Figure_robot·
Today we're announcing Figure has signed a commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands to deploy humanoid robots at scale Catalyst operates iconic brands including JCPenney, Aéropostale and Brooks Brothers. Figure will start initial deployment in Reno, NV
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Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper@mvhacking·
Me too. If you stayed in academia, yeah, that would be an anti-signal. But accomplishing a PhD from MIT is commendable and impressive. Lots of successful founders have that pedigree. Ultimately, none of it matters if it didn't help prepare you for successful, long-term execution.
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Sampriti Bhattacharyya
Sampriti Bhattacharyya@sampritibh·
I disagree with @beffjezos here. Finishing a PhD is not about collecting a title. It is about bringing hard, uncertain work to a level of completion. And research itself is not a relic. Maxwell wasn’t chasing market cap. Faraday wasn’t building a startup. They were trying to understand nature. A lot of technology is a byproduct of that curiosity. Many may not know, but I started my career in experimental high-energy physics at Fermilab because I wanted to understand the universe. In fundamental science, the pursuit of truth is the point. And some people enjoy doing so with their time.
Beff (e/acc)@beffjezos

@elonmusk @iScienceLuvr Finishing PhD is an anti-signal in many cases. If you didn't learn to go to drop out go to industry and build real things, then you are probably too theory-pilled

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Bryan de Paepe
Bryan de Paepe@bdepaepe63·
@mvhacking @billyjhowell @ashleevance So you assume people have two extra hours in their day? You assume they don't have infants? You assume they're not physically disabled? There are many different people with different lives that need different options.
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Billy Howell
Billy Howell@billyjhowell·
Just learned about the concept of a “telescope ranch” in Texas. People pay to have their $10,000+ telescope rigs set up in the middle of TX to avoid light pollution. Every night the roof rolls back off the warehouses. Then you can remote in to your telescope and use it from anywhere in the world.
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Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper@mvhacking·
@bdepaepe63 @billyjhowell @ashleevance Look at a light pollution map compared to population. Probably 80% of people in the U.S. and even more internationally can get to a Bortle 5 or below location within a one hour trip.
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Kyle Vedder
Kyle Vedder@KyleVedder·
im often asked “how do i break into robot learning without a phd?” buy an SO-101 ($300) and do something interesting understand the stack, train models, implement a paper, do serious on-robot evals, document your work the pool of talent with real experience is v small
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Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper@mvhacking·
@PeterDiamandis Need to compare with newer vehicles--many come with brake assist--for a more apples-to-apples comparison.
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Peter H. Diamandis, MD
Peter H. Diamandis, MD@PeterDiamandis·
Tesla reports one major collision every 5.3 million miles with FSD engaged. The US average: one every 660,000 miles. That's approximately 8x SAFER.
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Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper@mvhacking·
@PalmerLuckey There was a follow-on patent application that wasn't filed that specifically created an interface for cross-channel opt-in management.
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Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper@mvhacking·
@PalmerLuckey, rather than regulation, there is an opportunity for a company to implement this now open source multi-channel opt-in system I developed more than 12 years ago: patents.google.com/patent/US20140… It'd be easy to do, but I moved on to other things and the Alice decision effectively nullified it as a software patent, so I effectively donated it to the world. =) @gmail implemented a portion of it for email where it's easier to subscribe or unsubsribe from lists. However, a multi-channel way to opt-in or out to mail, email, texts, calls, etc. is still badly needed. Even if mail becomes regulated as you're advocating, there currently isn't an easy way for consumers to opt-in to the stuff they still want to still get via mail--say, a retro gamer fan magazine. =) It's not as easy to manage as text and email since those are largely digitally managed, outside of companies where you can opt in our out of monthly statements, like banks.
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Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey@PalmerLuckey·
It is wild to see the ideological reversal associated with USPS. Hundreds of green socialists crying "No, you have to let the capitalist megacorporations raze hundreds of millions of trees! You have to let the government force-feed consoooomer advertising to your family!"
Palmer Luckey@PalmerLuckey

It is time for the United States Postal Service to ban junk mail. Unsolicited spam calls are already prohibited by the FCC. Emails are heavily regulated by the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Junk mail is the majority of mail, 100 million trees per year. Enough!

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Peter H. Diamandis, MD
Peter H. Diamandis, MD@PeterDiamandis·
In 1975, a solar panel cost $106 per watt. Today it's under $0.30 per watt. That's a 99.7% cost decline. Unlike fossil fuels which fluctuate with geopolitics and markets... solar has delivered consistent, predictable cost reductions for five decades.
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Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper@mvhacking·
@unexplainables8 I grew up in the "Where?!" part, so this post is entirely sarcastic, but let's see what happens. If you are in Florida, should be lots of ex-New Yorkers you can show it to.
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AphroditeMaybeBaby
AphroditeMaybeBaby@unexplainables8·
when i say “chicago” this is what i mean. this one IS up for debate tho
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AphroditeMaybeBaby
AphroditeMaybeBaby@unexplainables8·
@mvhacking oh gosh i don’t know that area well enough! let’s see your take on it!
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AphroditeMaybeBaby
AphroditeMaybeBaby@unexplainables8·
when i say “bay area” this is what i mean. this is not up for debate.
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Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper@mvhacking·
This is also true. But Google's search engine also didn't always get it right at first, and still doesn't. It can be manipulated by spammers. But people still trust it daily, multiple times per day. People still use Facebook daily even though at least a third of my feed is people posting fake news. Storytelling can frame the gaps in the product and improve the understanding of what good AI has done and can do for humanity. Right now, it's like they aren't even trying.
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Brian McMullin
Brian McMullin@BrianMcMullin_·
It’s not just a messaging problem. People don’t trust AI because it behaves inconsistently. The same input can produce different outputs, and there’s no clear boundary around what it’s allowed to do or how it should behave. Until that’s solved, better storytelling won’t fix the trust gap.
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Andrew Yeung
Andrew Yeung@andruyeung·
What most San Francisco tech CEOs need to realize: regular people do not like AI. 35% of Americans use AI weekly, but only 5% say they trust it a lot. 77% believe AI could pose a threat to humanity. Most people do not want agents, digital twins, or OpenClaw poking around in their lives. This is because Silicon Valley is horrible at storytelling and messaging. There are few to no aspirational tech figures that everyday people are inspired by. Causing a massive disconnect between SF and the rest of the world. San Francisco is not indicative of the mass consumer. Not even close. More tech founders should understand this. Especially those building in consumer AI.
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