Yeah, there's definitely a balance. Something I think about often is how the Apple 1 was carved out of a wooden box. It was nice for what it needed to be, but it also proved the business and paved the way for much nicer products ahead.
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Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Get AI Multimodal Vision Capabilities
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Somehow missed that Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses have "Meta AI" (Llama 2?) Controlling the device & asking it questions like ChatGPT is the obvious thing, but this form factor is perfect for vision once Meta AI goes multimodal. It knows exactly what you're looking at.
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Accelerating Timelines: Impressive Execution Speed in AI Development
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Yeah I agree timelines are accelerating (though my tweet was more about the speed of their execution in particular, which I think is impressive)
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Product Launch Strategy at Unconventional Times
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Launching your new product at 10PM on Saturday is wild lmfao. There really are no rules though, good for them.
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xAI’s Rapid Development Timeline: From Formation to Market
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Formation of @xAI → July '23
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Chemical Age 2: Non-toxic Innovation Era Begins
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it's time for a Chemical Age 2 (non toxic version)
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YouTube’s Market Power: Ad-Blocking Users Accept Uninstallation
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Agreed, it's very well run. My point was that it's such an integral product that the Adblock audience (a very fervent audience) is willing to uninstall to keep using it. I think YouTube is great, not a lot of products could pull that off.
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YouTube Creator Program and Premium Subscription Value
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I've heard good things about their creator program – YouTube seems to be doing a bunch of things right. I happily pay for Premium.
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YouTube’s Unmatched Market Defensibility and User Lock-in
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YouTube’s defensibility as a business is wild. People would rather uninstall software that makes their computer more convenient than stop using YouTube.
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Hyper’s AI Pipeline Now 2X Faster with On-Device Models
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Hyper’s AI pipeline is 2X faster!
— Aaron Ng (@localghost) 31 octobre 2023
We’ve been working on a number of optimizations, architectural improvements, and on-device ML models that allow us to get responses down to 1-2s! This pipeline includes memories, voice, animation, and more.
Try it out in Hyper 1.1.3, out now. pic.twitter.com/grJLFky6HJHyper’s AI pipeline is 2X faster! We’ve been working on a number of optimizations, architectural improvements, and on-device ML models that allow us to get responses down to 1-2s! This pipeline includes memories, voice, animation, and more. Try it out in Hyper 1.1.3, out now.