Fun fact about LLMs: they secretly solve one of the toughest founder headaches—hiring the “perfect” person. We all dream of that unicorn teammate who is:
•independent •impossibly smart •always available (and never demands stock options) Spoiler: probably only you
CULTURE
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LLMs: The Perfect Hire Paradox for Founders
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Balancing Amateur Status and Professional Credibility in Tech
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I am self-conscious about a) being an amateur and b) having some quota of public geekiness I’m allowed before I’m no longer considered a responsible adult. Work in progress, obviously.
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AI Program Brings Character to Life in Painting Critique
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Did a computer program just breathe life into a character, in a way which is cliched but *absolutely works*, in the course of giving me a technical painting critique? I think it did.
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Institute Challenges AI Hype With Podcast Debunking Series
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But I not only have outlined the roots and harms of the ideologies that you platform, my institute even has a podcast series dedicated to debunking AI Hype. We neither have the airtime nor the billions of the organizations you platform.
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Journalists as Disinformation Sources: The Broligarchy Problem
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These so-called journalists parroting press releases are the biggest sources of the disinformation that has allowed the broligarchy the highest levels of centralizing power and control. Don't blame anyone else for killing journalism except for yourselves.
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Digital Wellness: Balancing Technology Use and Human Connection
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Te unes al reto?
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 24 avril 2025
La tecnología nos ayuda a ser más productivos y nos ha conectado con los demás como nunca antes, pero puede convertirse en un problema si llega a controlar nuestra vida.
📵 Márcate horarios de uso
🌙 Respeta tus momentos de descanso
👥 Prioriza las relaciones… pic.twitter.com/PyZ6Bi08LbTe unes al reto? La tecnología nos ayuda a ser más productivos y nos ha conectado con los demás como nunca antes, pero puede convertirse en un problema si llega a controlar nuestra vida. Márcate horarios de uso Respeta tus momentos de descanso Prioriza las relaciones
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AI Conference in San Francisco Features Alice in Wonderland Theme
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I’m at an AI conference in SF that is fully, unironically Alice in Wonderland-themed. We are so… back?
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AI Slop Everywhere: Content, Products, and Dreams
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Ai slop in content
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Parasitism versus Decomposition in Human Systems
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(Well, sometimes parasitism is a bit… murky. In human systems, as opposed to ecology, *sometimes* people describe as parasitic behavior which is more akin to decomposition. The ecosystem needs decomposition to function; circle of life etc etc.)
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Frustration with Overhyped and Underperforming AI Software
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i’m so fucking sick of bad AI software. we’ve been promised the world will change, everyone will get rich, no-one has to work again bla bla bla. and then we get tools that claim they are great at xyz or ‘never use/do abc again’. it’s all bullshit. take perplexity for example.