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My Dad is the 1st founder I knew. He invented the fully automated fortune cookie machine in the '80s.
His trademark was a smile on the fortune. He's not a billionaire but he brought smiles to millions.
davidlee
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- This was good. Mainly Elad's point re safetyism and Sara's point re not getting caught in the lowering cost/rising intelligence trendOn the latest No Priors episode, @saranormous and @eladgil discuss the intense pace of AI development, and why timelines toward AGI remain so difficult to predict.
- lower the cost of starting → more things get started → projects exist that otherwise wouldn't (!!!) the most common feedback thus far: "this increases speed." no legal delay, no complex docs, no waiting on a bank. waiting is costly, especially in the age of agents. when you
- This is generally true. Looks like a bug, sometimes a feature. You want someone at the big company who can give you a fast answer. And that's not always the answer you want.The danger of selling to big companies, if you're a startup, is that they don't say no outright. They have months of meetings with you first. Since you hate meetings, that seems to you a sign of commitment. But it's not. They love having meetings! It's almost all they do.
