Ben Thompson
Person on 4 sites
Founder and author of Stratechery, a subscription newsletter and podcast network analysing the business and strategy of technology.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The best use case for AI agents is handling mundane but necessary tasks. (opens korrents.com)
“One of the best agent use cases is taking care of mundane things that are necessary but annoying.”
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Frontier AI labs have a strategic incentive to pace their capability releases so society has time to address the overhangs caused by model advancement. (opens korrents.com)
“Pacing the frontier may be sincere, but it would also be strategically useful for the frontier labs to have time to reduce overhangs caused by model advancement.”
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Discourse that doesn't tolerate dissenting viewpoints inevitably produces bad outcomes. (opens korrents.com)
“viewpoints that don't harbor dissent inevitably lead to bad outcomes.”
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The best use case for AI agents is handling mundane but necessary tasks. (opens korrents.com)
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6 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Claude (opens rcmnd.app)
“So by far the funniest thing about using Claude and Codex together is how Codex is very earnest and businesslike while Claude treats Codex like an inferior but hard-working subordinate”
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Codex (opens rcmnd.app)
“So by far the funniest thing about using Claude and Codex together is how Codex is very earnest and businesslike while Claude treats Codex like an inferior but hard-working subordinate”
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Starlink (opens rcmnd.app)
“I’m pumped about Starlink and will seek out United”
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Claude (opens rcmnd.app)