A historical collection of our writing.
This dynamic – with incumbents making what appear to be aggressive, risky and expensive moves and at the same time new entrants chipping away at the margins and edges – is also being replicated in other industries. […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Continuing with the Ask Me Anything series, today’s question is about startup stress And here is my answer Part of reducing startup stress is to take time off. And that’s exactly what I will be doing. We are going away for a family trip and there won’t be any updates to Continuations until the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
There has been a fair bit of coverage of the potential dangers that an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) might pose for humanity. Here some questions about AGI with my currently best answers. 1. What is the difference between AI and AGI? Artificial Intelligence (AI) can accomplish specific […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Natural language is the general purpose “API” for humans and it seems it may become the same for software. Bots are all the rage on several platforms including Telegram and now Slack. Facebook is experimenting with M. There are bots to schedule meetings. Bots to order lunch. And so much more. Our […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Brad BurnhamLast week, Farhad Manjoo of the New York Times mused in his column that the Internet was getting meaner: “If you’ve logged on to Twitter and Facebook in the waning weeks of 2015, you’ve surely noticed that the Internet now seems to be on constant boil. Your social feed has always been loud, shrill, […] Read more
As more regular readers of Continuations will know I have been working on a book that pulls together many of the ideas I have been writing about here. So where does this effort stand? The good news is that over the summer I have produced a 120 page draft together with another writer. The bad […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
