i have been spending a lot of time this past month out of town & in the hospital with my dad & family. he has narrowly avoided an additional amputation for now (yay), but soon he will be needing to go to either a nursing home ($8-10k/month) or an assisted living facility ($4k/month) for a few months where he can receive the care he needs. my family cant afford it. his insurance doesnt cover it. i HAVE to help him, so i'll be working on trying to figure out some kind of fundraising for his care.
i'm currently taking donations for him through my Throne wishlist page. (Thank you to the donor who already contributed before this post ❤️) We have been thinking about starting a GoFundMe for him. Would that be a good idea? Would any of you be interested in contributing? In addition, maybe a new paid fan site? Open to hearing your thoughts, advice, ideas, and kind words. your voice is appreciated in these trying times ❤️🩹
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Hot take… isn’t it kinda crazy that nobody is really using AI Agents? I don’t mean software engineers or AI early adopters. I mean “college friends talking about it in group chat,” the feeling you got when everyone started using Instagram or TikTok.
These frontier AI models are *insane* (as are the harnesses & tool calls & the like). And every large tech co has an AI agents platform, not to mention all the YC startups doing vertical agents. Yet all of your friends and family outside of tech — who spend all day staring at their iPhones and get paid to work in browser tabs — don’t really care or find themselves using any AI agents yet.
Yes ChatGPT, Claude, etc. are extremely popular… but if you look at the engagement data the vast majority of people are still using these aI chat tools like a glorified Google + Grammarly. That’s why the AGI labs are all pushing desktop apps for Codex, Cowork, etc. so hard to non-technical ppl. And yes exceptions for lawyers and customer service but even those have some asterisks and exceptions to rule.
Look I’m not saying the ChatGPT moment for AI Agents is not coming… it most definitely is! Remember we pivoted from Arc to Dia precisely because we believe computing is going to be radically reimagined around these AI primitives. No doubt. But that’s my point: it’s just so surprising it hasn’t happened yet because all of the tech you’d need is there.
Again if you stop for a second and think about it… for all the press and money and hype and models and crazy ARR numbers… this “AI Agent” moment does not *feel* like the other breakthrough tech moments we’ve lived through (e.g. think the shift to Stories via Snapchat & Instagram, or shift to on-demand via Uber/Airbnb/Doordash).
Which is a long way of saying: if you can figure out the answer to “why” most people don’t care about AI agents yet (and have no enduring interest in using them) — especially since the models and harnesses are here and ready — the answer to that question will allow you to capture a lot of marketshare and make a lot of money in 2027.
Theoretically, the tech is ready for AI Agents to totally transform how we work and live our lives… but alas the general public dgaf… that’s the generational puzzle to solve for the next 12 months for anyone not working on the models themselves.
Happy birthday, @BarackObama! 65 never looked better. Every day, you make me a better person, and I’m thankful for all the ways you show up for our family and our country. Love you. ❤️
It's @DrewBrees Hall of Fame Week 🏈
We sat down with Drew and his wife, Brittany, to reflect on his legendary career, life after football, family, and finally getting the retirement celebration he deserves.
Havi Nguyen grew up managing Medicaid for her family while working at her parents’ nail salon. Now the Abby Care founder is helping others navigate America’s byzantine health care programs by using her AI-powered app to become paid caregivers. #BillionDollarStartups#
Josh Allen reunited today with a North Tonawanda teen at #Bills# camp who is a cancer survivor.
She met Josh at Oishei and the family was emotional remembering his impact during an understandably rough time in their lives.
#BillsMafia#