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Smuggled Infinities
Pascal's Sucker Bet, and when to ignore it.
Dec 4
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Ben Mathes
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November 2023
AI Futures and Cycles of Discord
(varied<->all the same) crossed with (great leveler<->great inequality)
Nov 9
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Ben Mathes
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Simplifications Never Stay Simple forever
A generalization of the Law of Leaky Abstractions
Nov 6
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Ben Mathes
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September 2023
A Lens on What Google is (and is not) Good At
There’s a long essay I wrote internally at google that cites things I can’t share publicly. Here’s a heavily redacted summary: First, some jargon…
Sep 14
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Ben Mathes
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July 2023
Why "I got rich and it didn't make me happy" feels weird
or: a practical lesson in contrapositive proof
Jul 26
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Ben Mathes
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May 2023
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Slack
Almost everyone underrates it
May 25
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Ben Mathes
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Micro Burnouts
Kasey Klimes of rhizome r&d describes burnout well: Everyone talks about "burnout" as something that happens when you work too much. I see it far more…
May 3
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Ben Mathes
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MAUs Considered Harmful
Think for yourself if you don't run an attention business.
May 2
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Ben Mathes
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April 2023
Stochastic Thinkpiece Parrots in Risky Domains
99% of what you read isn't relevant. Please disregard social media marketing managers that somehow got a fund.
Apr 28
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Ben Mathes
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Should I Start an Generative AI Company?
Probably not (yet?)
Apr 26
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Ben Mathes
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A Startup Investing Game With a Chat Bot
Using LLMs to translate the pickaxes of cloud/mobile revolution to generative AI
Apr 17
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Ben Mathes
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Who's on Top? Deterministic vs Generative Primacy
prompt, or tldr: A five paragraph essay about LLM primacy vs deterministic primacy . Ie chatGPT having plugins is LLM primacy. A text box in an app…
Apr 5
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Ben Mathes
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