Ben Thompson
Writes Stratechery, a subscription newsletter on the business and strategy of technology, and hosts the Dithering and Sharp Tech podcasts.
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Their wordsOne of the best agent use cases is taking care of mundane things that are necessary but annoying.
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Their wordsPacing the frontier may be sincere, but it would also be strategically useful for the frontier labs to have time to reduce overhangs caused by model advancement.
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Their wordsviewpoints that don't harbor dissent inevitably lead to bad outcomes.
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A proposal to pace frontier AI development is unrealistic and mainly serves political control of AI.
Their wordsDario Amodei wants to pace the frontier; it's an unrealistic proposal that seems mostly geared to political control of AI.
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Their wordsSalesforce is abandoning UI as a moat, which is a very smart move because it's disappearing for everyone.
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Their wordsOpenAI's tactics may in fact chill research in advanced mathematics
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Their wordswhat Meta has assembled is free (to consumers) hardware and software that dramatically reduces the barrier to entry for ordinary people looking to harness the power of agents, making the AI upside a lot more accessible to the masses who don't want to buy a Mac Mini.
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Their wordsOpenAI solving one of the most famous math problems is extremely impressive, and of little impact to most people's lives; Meta's Muse agent launch has the potential to be the exact opposite.
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