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Max Fergus retweeted
a massive chunk of the software industry exists ONLY to put a screen between you and a database.
AI means that the whole layer is now optional.
but UI is still really valuable -- but all software built for humans also needs to be built for agents
Max Fergus retweeted
The Midjourney ultrasound is made in partnership with Butterfly Health ($BFLY), which is going to fly today
Still cheap if you think this 50k unit figure is possible.
Btw they announced the partnership with Midjourney in November, stock up ~300% since then.
Max Fergus retweeted
Half a million sensors. 40 Butterfly chips. A new way to see your own health.
@Midjourney just pulled back the curtain on their whole-body scanner prototype — embedded with our Ultrasound-on-Chip™ technology.
The next era of ultrasound is here → midjourney.com/medical/blogp…
Max Fergus retweeted
The best hires are the ones you can delegate outcomes to, not tasks. Good hires come back with smart questions about the next step. Great ones just get the job done.
I wonder if we look back in 2 years and think maybe the OAI board wasn't that crazy after all for booting Sam when they felt like they had the chance...
Anthropic prios public image with traction to buoy potential consequences of lost rev
OpenAI capitalizes on short term government rev
Everyone now realizes OAI doesn't give an F about becoming the NSA of AI which is pinnacle Sam
Really got baited into that one there, bud
OpenAI signs identical multi-year deals with the big consulting shops
Now all the consultants teach other companies how to integrate AI
In two years the companies then fire the consultants because they have AI
..all while OpenAI sells the same services to the companies anyway
Max Fergus retweeted
Four types of people at every company now
yes, people get 10x better when the go from bottom right to top right
but also, people get 10x worse when they go from bottom left to top left
I wonder if Microsoft tried to change that copilot + excel Super Bowl commercial at the last second after Claude 4.6 dropped
It hurts more to run out of a legendary context window/chat than a pet sometimes
***Copies full context window in next chat and saves 5k tokens
I offered an Sr. AI Eng my left big toe, $1M, and enough equity to feed a medium sized US community for 5 years and they turned it down.
Damn you Anthropic. Damn you.
Max Fergus retweeted
I really need to find unhinged founders.
I'm not looking for intellectually curious.
I am looking for unwaveringly obsessed, borderline psychotic individuals intent on changing a generation.
Max Fergus retweeted
This was an eye opener from Jensen Huang
When asked whether he would rather relive his 20s or be 20 years old today, this is what he had to say:
"I thought our 20s were happier than these 20s. I think everyone deserves some time to be oblivious, and not wear all of the world's problems on their shoulders on Day 1
We are raising a generation that is very cynical and too informed
They are cynical, not because they are inherently cynical. They are cynical because they see so much stuff. It is too much stuff
You have to build up some internal reserve of optimism. You have to build up some reserve of goodness."