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Joined November 2025
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There are two options: 1) he’s right and the world is fucked. In that case, you are best off ignoring what is coming and enjoying normal life while we have it left 2) he’s wrong and AI makes life better (like every other technological improvement in world history) No point wasting energy dwelling on things you can’t control
I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
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I stay subscribed to @TJ_Bongiorno email list for the free sauce This would have gotten me to open the email regardless Incredible stuff lol
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One of the saddest charts you will see 52% (!) of Gen Z have directed investment funds to sports betting For a generation that will only get more purchasing power over the coming years, it’s scary to think where we will be in a decade
Sean’s 100% on the money I’m 35 And every guy I know +\- 5 years gambles in some capacity They also can’t fathom that I don’t really watch sports all that much or bet In the last year I’ve heard of TWO families with toddlers completely destroyed by the father gambling away everything I also have multiple gamblers in my family and have seen how bad it can get I hate weed personally but it will only fuck up your life not your family’s so do whatever you want with that
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Been quiet here for the past few months To be fully transparent, I've been getting my ass kicked on the biz First batch of inventory expires beginning of October and I've been awful at paid ads Tried UGC / Trybe, different ad formats (AI videos statics), different landers (listicles, advertorials, regular product pages), but have always been far from profitable
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Giving it one last shot w/ UGC + reworked landing page to see if there's a heartbeat I'm grateful for all of the help, encouragement, advice, and support from the people I've met on here It's crazy how generous people are with their time
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Regardless of how this next month goes and if I am able to move the inventory or not, I'm reminded of one of my favorite quotes on business You're going to strike out a lot, but you're also going to hit some home runs I'm not gonna stop swinging...
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Detailed guide on making this ad: 1) determine the avatar you want to sell to 2) look at Facebook ads library for competitive inspiration 3) brainstorm rough outline for script 4) dump your outline into your LLM of choice and ask it to help you dimensionalize and improve the copy
AI is absolutely incredible I (an absolute idiot with no creative bones in my body) cooked this ad up last night in a few hours All I did was yell at ChatGPT and tell it to prompt Gemini and Kling 3.0 until I liked the output What a time to be alive
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In total, it took me ~4 hours of work to make this (as my first one) Model selection makes a huge difference. I only had success with Kling 3 I think it cost me ~$20 in tokens from OpenArt
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AI is absolutely incredible I (an absolute idiot with no creative bones in my body) cooked this ad up last night in a few hours All I did was yell at ChatGPT and tell it to prompt Gemini and Kling 3.0 until I liked the output What a time to be alive
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Great things about Tranquilitas: 1) it tastes delicious 2) you feel relaxed and calm after drinking it 3) it’s got clean ingredients and natural flavors 4) the branding is sick My girlfriend has started referring to it as her daily tranquilizer for when she wants to unwind 10/10
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Nicotine pouches > smoking or using tobacco People have psy opped themselves into thinking that means it's good for you though Combine it with copious amounts of caffeine and people wonder why they're stressed, can't sleep, balding, and have cortisol through the roof
Horrible for your body it's only for the 0.001% with extreme willpower to use it 1x a month to 1x a quarter
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Supporting small business and enhancing my softball game experience at the same time. Also @bowtiedblock but I can’t tag him in the pic.
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Roadtripping my family back from vacation today and I absolutely refuse to do it without Pure Pouches Caffeine to keep me awake Nootropics to keep me locked in Not a bunch of liquid like Diet Coke that makes me have to stop and pee. @bowtiedblock has a winner here
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Has Zyn peaked? 1) First month ever that YoY sales have declined 2) Zyn is below 50% market share for the first time ever No doubt that $PM has built a monster, but the tide might be turning!
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Thanks for the image generation suggestions, Meta. I was going to run the ads that I spent hours making, but these are so much better. Ads manager is the best!!
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