I’m old enough to remember when a16z tried to invest in building the next Disney not the next Fox

I am also trying to take the idea of "this is a marketplace for creators who want to sell their likeliness to an LLM" seriously but it's so d*mn hard to take this at face value when you are stealing someone's work and identity.

Yes!

With LLM assisted copywriting -- it's only gonna magnify and intensify.

Bonus: When he's discussing how this was the decision of a small team (1 PM + a couple of engineers), I do appreciate how he provides cover for the team but also... woof.

This is why "growth product" as the default product skillset can lead to pretty atrocious decisions

... and this is something I encounter over and over b/c so many folks in tech view publishing articles, videos, podcasts as basically earned media (heck that's how they even see most publications)

and to say it simply and loudly: WHAT A SAD WAY TO VIEW THE WORLD!

Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra responds to the Grammarly “expert review” controversy, and whether AI is extracting more value than it creates.

Catching up on @reckless.bsky.social's interview with Shishir and fwiw as someone who builds products, I find Shishir's blogging about craft to be super useful (e.g. how to ask questions, run meetings, etc).

But during this interview he equates his free blogging (PR) with actual journalism...

SUGAR SHANE IS BACK!

Best time of year -- optimism season

Kimmel came across as so tired and tight whereas Conan is just energetic and loose. Both can take shots at this absurd moment we find ourselves in but Conan actually lands the plane.

Had the same reaction.

100% - you didn’t come off that way fwiw

At least Snapchat’s literary postmodern mag published a few good blogs and Stripe binds beautiful hardbacks

a16z is a ton of hat and few cattle

Seriously... this is the future we wound up building?!?

TBH I am too cynical but 20 years of Basketball Jones, Starters, No Dunks is a gift

and ya -- this quilt is incredible

It's telling that I now spend over $100 a year to read former SBNation bloggers...

I'm a nostalgic fool and tbh peak sports blogging was really the best

Echoing Five Decembers - absurd cover art but such a great page turner

Review resumes and it is wild how many resumes are now edited to say they were working on AI back in the mid-2010s

Like I get the dance and the reframing but also -- it's okay? This is feeling sad.

Obviously agree 100%

🇬🇧 law ftw

Good thread and I'm with Erik that the NBA's tanking problem is a symptom of a much larger challenge with the league.

I'll over simplify things but shorten the d*mn season. Fewer games will help reinvigorate the entire league and help the NBA make more money in the long haul.

Yes!

Pop up newsletters for the Winter Olympics (and this summer’s World Cup) are just… well… the best

Sub to @rodger.bsky.social and @theathletic.com - still not too late

I’m at the age where 30% of my group chats are friends sending grainy YouTube clips of 1990s NBA,
NHL, or NFL games

Good age tbh

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8. Taking the Maokong Gondola to go try some tea

Also my buddy from Taiwan who now lives in Houston told me this place exists www.houstonentertainmentvenue.com

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Levi’s Stadium (where the Super Bowl is tonight) is in the middle of nowhere but randomly Alviso Marina County Park is a few minutes away and has some of the most incredible salt ponds

Strands almost gets it now

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Watching how some prompts an LLM is a mirror to their soul

Are they trying to explore an idea and go wide to see potentialities?

Are they sitting over someone’s shoulder demanding small tweaks?