An #Alaskan passionate about people, technology, and policy. Encouraged by mentors and peers. Interested in innovation + entrepreneurship. Opinions are my own.
Anchorage, Alaska
Joined September 2010
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X Pro and auto translate from @grok really is an interesting way to explore the world.
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Spotted: "LLMs and LLM providers are massive black boxes. I get a lot of value from them and so I can put up with that to a certain extent... No trust that they won't nerf the tool, no trust they won't sunset the feature..."
No trust. Desktop AI is more fun than datacenter.
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Singapore is a nation to watch. If the shift to a Pacific focus by the US is real, it will be felt there. Currently, it is not. If Singapore is left feeling like the Germans after @MunSecConf then "what does American power mean?" becomes an even more relevant question.
Definitely, but above all they reflect their own interests. They're a militarily vulnerable, valuable and utterly pragmatic business hub that tries to survive in a geopolitical rift. This reads like they
a) find the Chinese offer more compelling
b) don't believe in American power
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After the sleepless nights of #MSC2025 and being surrounded by friends, family, and colleagues, it is an emotional moment to close and transfer chairmanship of the @MunSecConf
If anything, this is proof that Christoph cares. THAT is a legacy to be proud of.
ICYMI: Our former Chair Christoph Heusgen did not shed a few tears out of "frustration". It was his farewell speech as he was leaving the MSC after this year's conference. He was saying goodbye to the team at this very moment. The video snippet here is edited together. You can see the entire closing ceremony on our website: securityconference.org/msc-2…
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🎉💪Congratulations to @Utaara1 for sharing some of the most grounded insights, realities, and the optimism that makes it all worth it at #MSC2025 -- A highlight for me starts at 41:10 -- This is leadership that #Alaska could learn from as well.
🔴 LIVE from #MSC2025 | Never Waste a Quarter-Life Crisis: New Solutions in a Polarized Century with @Tsihanouskaya, @AK_Wisniewska, @ElenaMotta_, @Utaara1, and @FrankeBenedikt.
teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1zqKVjQYe…
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Very relevant to AI as well. The "American Dream" is one of our greatest exports (when we can deliver). Competition, not just free markets, is what drives innovation and delivers better outcomes for consumers.
“Our European strength has always been that there is competition. If you only pursue monopolies, you will destroy not just the American dream, but the German dream, and the European dream.”
— 🇩🇪 Parliamentary State Secretary @fbrantner (@BMWK)
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A good follow in this space is @teortaxesTex -- If 🇺🇸 gets its ass kicked with open source and open innovation initiatives... We're doing it wrong. No room for old English EIC or Dutch VOC business models here...
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The contrast between 14:00 and 14:30 will be worth watching. Stay tuned. This world is shifting in real-time, and the diplomacy is playing out in public.
A far cry from the "Munich II" complaints from @FrankeBenedikt yesterday. That is not the Munich rules the world needs from #MSC2025 right now.
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This was in 2024 during last year's MSC...
J.D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference:
“You win wars with weapons, and the West doesn’t make enough weapons.
Germany is the one country in NATO, that did not follow the stupid Washington consensus and allow their country to be deindustrialized during the ‘70s, ’80s, and ‘90s.
And yet, at the very moment that Putin is more and more powerful, where the Russian army is invading European countries en masse, this is the point at which Germany starts to deindustrialize?”
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Comments like this do not feel like "The Intelligence Age" sold by ChatGPT. My hope would be for a higher standard of discourse after pushing an AI apocalypse narrative in DC and then selling the public on a touchy feely Super Bowl ad for $15m+
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Take notes! ✍️✍️✍️
Now is the best time in history to be a builder.
We are entering a golden age of building. Let’s use it to build things to make the country better!
🧵Here are some of the ideas we think will be especially cool to build in this golden age: ycombinator.com/rfs-build
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Thank you soooo much @JoshBlueComedy for coming to #Alaska and making us all laugh last night. I'm sorry I had to go pee but thank you for the warm welcome upon my return 🤗🫂
Can we make it up to you by inviting you back when it's nice out???
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some snow would be nice so we don't end up as a filming location for Chernobyl EXTENDED (no snow)
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