So a development or thought, that\u2019s kind of interesting to me\u2026 Once again seeing the full stack genius of Elon Musk, full integration theory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ntake all the things that you have built together, and cross pollinate and combine them all. \ufffc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
So one thing I believe that is highly highly highly underappreciated by the market or the world in general is the genius of Elon Musk purchasing Twitter X, and now combining it with Grok. I think the tricky thing is realistically, ChatGPT is and probably is the better product because, it entered the market for quicker, and I\u2019m sure all the accusations that Elon Musk says about Sam Altman are true. And this is a tricky thing, ChatGPT is like iPhone and grok is like \ufffc android; even my Apple voice dictate doesn\u2019t register \u201cgrok\u201d well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also think the tricky thing is, especially\u2026 Because Elon Musk is a nerd, it looks like all these nerds who read hitchhikers guide to the galaxy explicitly know what grok is.,, but for the rest of us\u2026 We would prefer and probably would prefer the nomenclature of ChatGPT more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyways, the reason why I think this is important or interesting is because, for the first time ever it appears that we are seeing an interesting convergence of AI and social media. In fact I had this thought maybe a few years ago; the only ethical social media would be a social media that you paid a monthly subscription for<\/strong>, \ufffc\ufffcaka X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, in terms of just like economics, X (formerly known as Twitter), might be actually the most important platform on the planet in terms of finance bitcoin bitcoin relay news etc. And ever since Elon Musk bought it, the new developers have made it like 1 trillion times better than it was before. It\u2019s actually cool now<\/strong>. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
so why does this matter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I just thought about my website and my blog and stuff\u2026 Essentially, I\u2019m very certain that my website and blog will not live on forever because, all this Internet technology is so fragile. Yet, assuming that grok it\u2019s going to get integrated with X, and also with SpaceX and we have some sort of like intergalactic space AI\u2026 Then the good news is probably whatever you upload to X will not die<\/strong>. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s also interesting is because, your Grok account linked with your X account, whenever you post things perhaps images videos, certainly essay an article articles\u2026 What then happens is, Grok learns from the articles and essays and the things you post,\u2026 which makes it a virtuous reinforcing machine learning loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ll give you an example\u2026 Whenever I have ChatGPT try to write in my voice, never really gets it quite right. Frankly speaking it doesn\u2019t really sound like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet when I get grok to do it it actually does seem like it kinda does sound like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which which?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
OK assuming that you\u2019re trying to like maximize your productivity to the Max or whatever\u2026 Having both seems the best strategy. In fact, the most highly effective people that I\u2019ve met, like my friend Darren Wong who works at Disney, I was really shocked, he\u2019s so smart\u2026 He has both two phones on him, one iPhone and one Google pixel because you could leverage the best of both worlds. Like for example\u2026 It actually does seem that Gmail Google calendar and Google maps, which we are all dependent on, actually legitimately runs a lot better on android, Google pixel. But for photos contacts, FaceTime and everything else\u2026 Certainly iPhone is the better bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And also\u2026 if you go to Asia southeast D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vietnam etc.\u2026 Like my friend Chu Viet Ha,,, they are insanely intelligent, it seems that the average person has at least<\/em> two phones<\/strong>; it\u2019s kind of an interesting status symbol, whereas we Americans we are so myopic and simple minded, we only have one iPhone, I think it\u2019s because the way subscriptions work here are a lot more complex, whereas in Vietnam it is so insanely easy to get like a five dollar SIM card and anywhere where you go to in the streets. It\u2019s hilarious you\u2019ll see people with three phones or four phones etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the more I think about technology life and stuff in general\u2026 It actually does seem that the truth is, having some sort of like Hybrid or multiplicity is probably the best strategy. For example, if you just had one vehicle for the rest of your life, they had to take off all the boxes of everything, the most superior and supreme vehicle would probably be like a Prius plug-in hybrid. Why? I think if you combine the gas and the plug-in battery charge all the way, on a single tank and charge combined I think you could get like 660 miles? That\u2019s insane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And as much as I love Elon Musk and Tesla, until an electric vehicle or a Tesla could charge to 100% faster than I could fill up my Prius at Arco which is like 45 seconds,\u2026 I think Hybrid vehicles will still win. Why? Once again best of both worlds. And I think the truth is you could get away a lot with\ufffc a Tesla, especially if you have a house that you could charge it every day\u2026 Also auto pilot seems insanely awesome, but still\u2026 My sister and brother-in-law who both have my mom\u2018s old 2006 Hyundai Sonata gas car, and there relatively new Tesla model three\u2026 When they go snowboarding in Mammoth, which vehicle do they take? The old gasoline Hyundai Sonata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cameras<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
So currently I think\u2026 The only interesting camera on the market is probably the Ricoh monochrome,,, it\u2019s kind of like the best of both worlds, a black-and-white only camera, that\u2019s also digital? That\u2019s actually insane interesting, once again, best of both worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think in modern day times because we are so inundated with all this new technology, there\u2019s also this funny yearning for like the simplicity minimalism of the past, few options, and I think we also like this idea of a creative constraint, not<\/strong> having color. \ufffc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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