Venture Capitalists Favor Risk-Takers: The Rise of Self-Made Billionaires and Tech Innovators
Venture capitalists aren't looking for nice founders; they want risk-takers. Nate Silver highlights that 70% of the billionaires on the 2023 Forbes 400 list are self-made, often coming from modest bac...
28 Sep 20245min
AI Comedians by 2026? The Future of Comedy and the Turing Test for Laughter
Comedians are increasingly using AI to help write jokes and brainstorm ideas, with mixed results. I think this is similar to the Turing Test in terms of the importance of AI progress. If AI can write ...
27 Sep 20244min
The Alarming Power of Deepfakes
Trump shared a fake image of Harris speaking at a Communist event. This one looks fairly fake, but 1) lots of people will still believe it’s real, and 2) current tech can already make more believable ...
26 Sep 20246min
UL NO. 451: Altman Says ASI in "Thousands of Days"
A new Fabric web app called FabricUI!, Many AI Eyes, PagerAttack Analysis, a new Ripgrep, and more... Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:http...
26 Sep 202431min
Russia Is Paying Right Wing Influencers?
A whole bunch of right-wing influencers received millions from Russia in return for promoting pro-Russian talking points. Hilarious to me since their whole narrative is to be skeptical and discerning....
25 Sep 20247min
This Is The Future Career For Creators - Virtual Realities, Economies, and Meaning
The more I think about it, the more I think a major career for creators going forward will be building entire realities for people to live inside of. So think post-AG/SI and post UBI, and where games ...
24 Sep 20248min
My First Thoughts on New OpenAI Strawberry Model ( OpenAI o1-preview)
Here are my first thoughts after using OpenAI's New Strawberry Model for a couple of hours Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielm...
19 Sep 202422min
UL NO. 450: Thoughts on o1-preview and the Path to AGI
80% Chinese Cranes, Drones vs. Abrahams, a RAG kickstart, a Canary-based Security Maturity Model, and more... Check out Wiz for a Free Could Security Scan:https://www.wiz.io/ul Subscribe to the newsle...
17 Sep 202424min
