Xavier Clegg

@jacob_wass Go to Cafe Con Bagel in Georgetown, you'll never go anywhere else

DC people — there’s a place called Call Your Mother that makes an incredible bacon, egg and cheese. That is all 🫡

@MLB Best hitter of his generation. Better than Pujols

Miguel Cabrera was unreal in 2012, winning the most recent MLB Triple Crown 👑 .330 AVG 44 HR 139 RBI

@BoringBiz_ I agree—AI is awesome for enhancing workflows and saving time on repetitive tasks, but it's not putting anyone out of work. I wrote about the "AI Layoff" phenomenon below: x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

People are waking up to the fact that AI is a complementary tool for your skill set, and not a complete replacement for a skill If you are already a good coder or writer, AI tools can enhance that skill and make you more productive But if you bad at it, AI is not going to magically solve your deficiency This is the primary reason why I think the fears around AI replacement of labor are overblown

@themgmtconsult Yep—love Claude but the self-aggrandizing to generate buzz and sell more AI is tiresome. I wrote about “AI Layoffs” below:

Looks like he found the way to keep getting productivity-hungry, share value-maximizing enterprise CEOs buy his product

@MarceloLima Agreed—Claude is an excellent product that enhances workflows but isn’t putting anyone out of a job. I wrote more about it below: x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

People can simultaneously be very smart and very dumb. What Dario is doing is very dumb. First, because it makes everyone hate AI and him. Second, because he's wrong.

@mattyglesias AI is putting no one out of work or a job. It’s all self-aggrandizing to try to generate buzz and sell more AI. I dove into the “AI Layoff” phenomenon below: x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

“Our product will generate mass unemployment and possible mass extinction” isn’t a bad messaging choice, it’s a wildly held sincere view among the people building AI. slowboring.com/p/its-not-bad-…

@FinanceLancelot Yes—I dove into this topic more below:

I haven't seen any AI job losses. All I'm seeing are job losses blamed on AI.

@missmayn I’ve been saying the same thing. I dove into this phenomenon more below: x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

Ai is not taking people’s jobs. companies are doing mass layoffs and then making other employees take on extra tasks. your job wasn’t automated, it was given to cheryl without giving her a raise.

@RobertMSterling Claude is putting no one out of work. I love Claude but it’s an work enhancer, not replacer. I wrote about the “AI Layoff” phenomenon below: x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

Anthropic’s CEO keeps talking about AI wiping out jobs because he’s trying to IPO this year. If he positions Claude as armageddon for jobs, his TAM becomes “all white-collar human labor,” not just AI agents or SaaS. It’s completely self-interested. All the concerns he’s expressing about job disruptions are fake. It’s a marketing gambit to create hype and FOMO among the people he needs more than anyone else this year: institutional investors like BlackRock, Fidelity, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds. If these investors pay for tickets on the hype train—if he can make them believe that AI will eliminate half of white-collar jobs, with Anthropic, as the dominant leader in enterprise AI, positioned to capture the surplus margin—the IPO will be oversubscribed and Anthropic can raise more funds for the company at a higher valuation. But Dario (or, at least, his bankers) knows that these investors are more fiscally disciplined than they used to be. A lot of them got burned during Covid SPAC-mania and don’t want to risk it again. They’re going to challenge Anthropic about whether it will ever get to sustainably high gross margins, or if its arms race with OpenAI will lead to kilowatt-hours permanently suppressing gross margins. They’re going to ask pointed questions about Anthropic’s massive capex and whether it will ever generate accretive ROIC. And Dario might not have the answers they’re looking for. So that’s why—to answer Austen’s smart question—you keep seeing Dario in the news and the podcast circuit, spreading doom and gloom about widespread job loss. It’s not to make you afraid of losing your job. It’s to get Wall Street afraid of missing out on his IPO.

@zackvoell AI is really good, but they aren’t putting anyone out of work. I write about the “AI Layoff” phenomenon here ⬇️⬇️ x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

why the fuck do you have "ai anxiety" when everyone is just lying about how good these tools are

@LouisAnslow People say this stuff because it drives clicks. The folks being laid off now have nothing to do with AI. I explained here:

Thinking AI will cause permanent mass unemployment is deeply unimaginative

@Austen It’s self aggrandizing—they have the best AI product but aren’t putting anyone out of work. I wrote about so called “AI Layoffs” below: x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

Honest question: Why does he keep saying this?

@DecisionDeskHQ @ChazNuttycombe Re-districting battles in California, Texas, and Virginia are only the tip of the spear. I wrote about what these fights mean for US politics x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

The YES campaign seems to have an edge in Virginia's redistricting vote. But polls show a tight race. Higher Election Day turnout + strong opposition from independents would give NO a real shot. @ChazNuttycombe spoke to DDHQ about where the race stands: decisiondeskhq.substack.com/p/podcast-virg…

@MerianneJensen Re-districting battles in California, Texas, and Virginia are only the tip of the spear. I wrote about what these fights mean for US politics x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

Yesterday I had a conversation with my friend about Virginia’s redistricting referendum. Her strong dislike of Trump completely overshadowed any discussion of the real issues. It is unfortunate that people are allowing their TDS to obscure the bigger picture and the serious ramifications if this referendum passes. We must vote based on principles and fair representation, not personal hatred. Vote NO in VA!

@Mar__G_3 Re-districting battles in California, Texas, and Virginia are only the tip of the spear. I wrote about what these fights mean for US politics x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

Obama is loudly pushing VA’s new 🦞lobster district map — which slashes Black voter share in VA-7 from 20% 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟕.𝟓%, while flooding it with wealthy White NoVA suburban voters. Pretty manipulative to use Obama to activate Democrats’ core base, but dilute their actual voting power. #VoteNO

@jrl_josh Re-districting battles in California, Texas, and Virginia are only the tip of the spear. I wrote about what these fights mean for US politics x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

Here’s another anti-gerrymandering ad out of Hanover County! I’m also hear that Prince William County is getting bombarded with vote no mailers! We have less than 5 DAYS to continue spreading the word! Let’s do this, Virginia! Vote NO!

@svkenney Re-districting battles in California, Texas, and Virginia are only the tip of the spear. I wrote about what these fights mean for US politics x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

One mile wide. One inch deep. No one is "fired up" to do the wrong thing. Meanwhile, the "no" is mobilizing not just on the unfairness in the maps but wants to send a message to Spanberger and Virginia Democrats on a whole host of issues (taxes, 2A, education, jobs).

@MattWhitlock Re-districting battles in California, Texas, and Virginia are only the tip of the spear. I wrote about what these fights mean for US politics x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

🙏🏻 A final weekend plea to Virginia Democrats want to cancel the voices of half the commonwealth and put Fairfax - the soft-on-crime, high-tax, pervert protecting, sanctuary loving, most dysfunctional county in America in charge. Vote NO.

@MattMorseTV Re-districting battles in California, Texas, and Virginia are only the tip of the spear. I wrote about what these fights mean for US politics x.com/xavier_clegg/s…

PSA: If you live in Virginia - please vote 'NO' on the redistricting referendum! Thank you for your attention to this matter!