It’s 2025, we have lots of AI, but my photos are still a fucking mess.
∞Worth reading Sam’s latest post, The Gentle Singularity. The challenging thing, at least for me, is not to roll my eyes too much. I can have doubts. How much of what he talks about will really come to pass by 2035? Maybe some. Maybe more. It doesn’t matter if you agree, disagree, drink the Kool-Aid or not. What matters is whether you are capable of catching your cynicism and instead engaging your imagination. How difficult is that for you? Because that is a reflection of how you see the world. You can choose. And your choice won’t have any bearing on the outcome, but it will impact how you live the rest of your life.
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Most apps all look the same and have been stripped of any and all whimsy. There are exceptions. Carrot Weather is one such example. !Camera is such a wonderful camera app. Been playing with it the last few days.
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Linking to Gruber’s post on Bill Atkinson’s passing. Certainly one of the most important minds in tech. Pancreatic cancer is awful. It took my dad at 61. I really hope it’s one of the cancers we can start detecting earlier.
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I went to an event last night. There was a lot of AI Kool Aid consumed. It was an impressive crowd though – pioneers, luminaries, legends even! As is often the case, I ended up spending most of the time with a single person. This person told me about a company called Bronze, who seems to be doing some really cool work at the intersection of AI and sound. After talking to this person, I left with a long-time personal friend for deep conversation while we walked on the beach, eventually making our way to a late (for me) dinner.
∞We took the kids to see Kendrick and Sza at SoFi Stadium on Friday, May 23. It was a great show, but the sound was absolutely awful. You would think in a venue as new as SoFi is, they would have worked out all the acoustics. The kids didn’t care though. Their minds were blown and that’s all that mattered. Getting to see two artists at the top of their game was really special. I’m grateful we could give that to them.
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