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Yeah, I was going to say, I mean, most AI people I see now, all the latest models, I mean, they all look great. There's not a lot of ugly people, AI models being pumped out.

Yeah, I was going to say, I mean, most AI people I see now, all the latest models, I mean, they all look great. There's not a lot of ugly people, AI models being pumped out.

I've not heard you really talk about the AI stuff, like the generative AI stuff.

I've not heard you really talk about the AI stuff, like the generative AI stuff.

Yeah, I mean, part of it is because I don't have any special insights there. I'm just a happy consumer. And not only am I a happy consumer, I'm even perhaps like a slightly... conservative consumer when it comes to that.

Yeah, I mean, part of it is because I don't have any special insights there. I'm just a happy consumer. And not only am I a happy consumer, I'm even perhaps like a slightly... conservative consumer when it comes to that.

I mean, we haven't shoved AI into every crevice of the applications we make because I have yet to see a lot of useful examples of that being done in, say, productivity or an email. Most of the cases like, hey, summarize these boring emails, I find actually vaguely dystopian that we're going to have a bunch of AIs like writing each other because we just can't tell it straight.

I mean, we haven't shoved AI into every crevice of the applications we make because I have yet to see a lot of useful examples of that being done in, say, productivity or an email. Most of the cases like, hey, summarize these boring emails, I find actually vaguely dystopian that we're going to have a bunch of AIs like writing each other because we just can't tell it straight.

Like I'm going to tell the AI to write some bullshit for me. Here's the five bullet points. Could you just send me the five bullet points? Like that's what I'm going to have my AI turn it back into anyway. And now we're playing a game of telephone through AI. It's probably going to get it wrong about 15% of the time at least. And that just seems a little silly to me.

Like I'm going to tell the AI to write some bullshit for me. Here's the five bullet points. Could you just send me the five bullet points? Like that's what I'm going to have my AI turn it back into anyway. And now we're playing a game of telephone through AI. It's probably going to get it wrong about 15% of the time at least. And that just seems a little silly to me.

And also it doesn't seem that useful. So, I mean, for me, the thing that blows my mind is, is a, it's ability to be a pair programmer, even though I almost want to chug it in the bin. When I see for the 500th time, someone goes like programmers are now already obsolete. I just hired my co-founder cursor AI. It's like, Jesus, have you tried to use it for anything real again? Yeah.

And also it doesn't seem that useful. So, I mean, for me, the thing that blows my mind is, is a, it's ability to be a pair programmer, even though I almost want to chug it in the bin. When I see for the 500th time, someone goes like programmers are now already obsolete. I just hired my co-founder cursor AI. It's like, Jesus, have you tried to use it for anything real again? Yeah.

I'm impressed by what it does, at the same time, utterly annoyed by the hype cycle that comes with it. But maybe this is just how it goes with everything. And then I think it's the gen AI stuff that blows my mind. As you said, how is this person not real? The ones that just came out where they had a string of images of... women giving presentations at like TED Talks or something.

I'm impressed by what it does, at the same time, utterly annoyed by the hype cycle that comes with it. But maybe this is just how it goes with everything. And then I think it's the gen AI stuff that blows my mind. As you said, how is this person not real? The ones that just came out where they had a string of images of... women giving presentations at like TED Talks or something.

I zoomed in. I was like, what's the tell? I was like, I can't find the tell. I would have to spend – I think it was something like arm flap folds or something like that was supposed to be the tell. Now I'm like, oh, the flaps aren't exactly – I was like, wow, it's gotten good when we're down to flaps. We're not even counting fingers anymore. We're down to – oh, the angle of the –

I zoomed in. I was like, what's the tell? I was like, I can't find the tell. I would have to spend – I think it was something like arm flap folds or something like that was supposed to be the tell. Now I'm like, oh, the flaps aren't exactly – I was like, wow, it's gotten good when we're down to flaps. We're not even counting fingers anymore. We're down to – oh, the angle of the –

Flap is a little off. So that's why I don't talk about it that much because I don't feel like I have any unique input to offer beyond perhaps just the temperance that comes with the fact of having seen more than a handful of hype cycles. Yeah. Self-driving cars, I think, was a great example of that, right?

Flap is a little off. So that's why I don't talk about it that much because I don't feel like I have any unique input to offer beyond perhaps just the temperance that comes with the fact of having seen more than a handful of hype cycles. Yeah. Self-driving cars, I think, was a great example of that, right?

I got quite excited about that in 2017 when Elon was like, at the end of the year, your Model S is going to be a taxi earning you money. It's actually financially irresponsible not to buy a Tesla right now. driving other people around. It's like, that didn't quite happen, did it? While at the same time, then, whatever, the FSD 12.5 is actually pretty impressive.

I got quite excited about that in 2017 when Elon was like, at the end of the year, your Model S is going to be a taxi earning you money. It's actually financially irresponsible not to buy a Tesla right now. driving other people around. It's like, that didn't quite happen, did it? While at the same time, then, whatever, the FSD 12.5 is actually pretty impressive.