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Max Olson

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Product @Mashgin. Seed & public market investing. Software/design for fun and profit. Book publisher. Blog: FutureBlind.com / Buffett book: a.co/d8NuzZe

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These discussions about AI timelines & risk often seem to hinge on a basic difference in intuition for what intelligence is and how powerful it is...

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Pretty simple IMO. He likes doing this better, and he knows wouldn't be as good at doing other things. Maniacal aspergers level focus on 1 thing.

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The best part about fundraising is when it ends and I can get back to building. This raise marks the end of just working on engines and the start of building airplanes — couldn’t be more excited

The best part about fundraising is when it ends and I can get back to building. 

This raise marks the end of just working on engines and the start of building airplanes — couldn’t be more excited
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Sometimes I have to change nursery rhymes for my 1yo to be more optimistic, like Rock a bye baby In the tree top When the wind blows The cradle will rock When the bow breaks The cradle will fly And baby will blast off Into the sky

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We just crossed 1 billion transactions šŸŽ‰ (more than all other AI checkout companies combined) Likely over 1,000 years of time saved. I hate waiting in line so this make me really happy.

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Good post. Totally agree this is the best way to find value. Microsoft has played this strategy very well over the decades. Mashgin has gone through a few rounds of expand/focus as well. Both transitions are hard. Explore>exploit: hard to say no & cut options. Exploit>explore: