ChatGPT and the Imagenet Moment
When machine learning started really working, back in 2012-13-14, the demos were amazing, but it wasn't immediately obvious how universal the applications would be. The same with Generative AI now - n...
5 Des 202240min
All the other things happening in tech part 1.
What does Anker have to do with Mr Beast, Amazon ads or Aesop? A chat about unbundling ecommerce and building brands in a world of infinite media.
29 Nov 202230min
The FTX face-palm
What can we say about a ‘crypto’ crash if we’re not crypto people, nor Wall Street people? How much does it matter?
18 Nov 202230min
How many metaverses?
Every now and then, big company CEOs all read the same tech trends piece and send the same email - "what's our strategy for this?!" And in 2022, there were a lot of "metaverse?!" emails. But what does...
31 Okt 202232min
Wondering about generative AI
Generative AI looks like second wave of ML hat might be as big a deal as the Imagenet wave from 2013 or so. What questions can we ask?
19 Okt 202236min
Figma, unbundling and $20bn of antitrust
What does Adobe's purchase of Figma tell us about the ways that software is changing, and the kinds of tools that people build and use? And, how long until the antitrust lawsuit arrives?
19 Sep 202236min
TV after software
‘Software eats the world’, and now it’s eating TV, but then what? Pretty soon software seems to stop mattering, and all the questions become TV questions, fashion questions, or music questions, while ...
5 Sep 202230min
A new wave of company creation
Adam Neumann's latest venture shines a light on some of the interesting questions that arise, such as: What is this, what could it be, and can it work? Can this person make it work? As well as, is thi...
23 Aug 202230min
