@jaberman

Innovation and entrepreneurship expert. Partner Ruxton Ventures. Host @whatsworkingDC. Columnist @wbjonline

 McLean, Virginia
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Joined June 2008
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Check out my latest article: Original intelligence and Pinball Machines linkedin.com/pulse/original-… via @LinkedIn

Original intelligence and Pinball Machines

We have been at it for around a year now, and all of the reasons we had for starting Hupside have become clearer. At its core Hupside is fighting for the emergence of a new way of thinking about AI...

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This is true for Hupside too.
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Some startups, like Harvey, Abridge, Ramp, and Rogo, are embracing open-weight models or training their own models to reduce expensive reliance on frontier labs (Bloomberg) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Check out my latest article: Excluding AI from Education is Not the Answer: Teaching to Exceed it is linkedin.com/pulse/excluding… via @LinkedIn

Excluding AI from Education is Not the Answer: Teaching to Exceed it is

This has not been a good time for a balanced conversation about the relationship between humans and AI. The AI Replacement Story is causing a growing backlash.

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Check out my latest article: AI Backlash: The Cult of Originality linkedin.com/pulse/ai-backla… via @LinkedIn

AI Backlash: The Cult of Originality

What a kerfuffle. What’s AI? What’s human? Why do you care? Did I write this? Did AI? Come on people.

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Check out my latest article: America Doesn't Have an AI Problem. It has a Narrative Problem linkedin.com/pulse/america-d… via @LinkedIn

America Doesn't Have an AI Problem. It has a Narrative Problem

The sound you hear is the growing backlash against AI. I believe that the rapid momentum towards limiting development of data centers, and the recent kerfuffle around AI detection are symptoms of...

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Check out my latest article: An example of Why Higher Education's Approach to AI is Wrong linkedin.com/pulse/example-w… via @LinkedIn

An example of Why Higher Education's Approach to AI is Wrong

I read this article today in Inside Higher Education. To me it revealed everything that is wrong with the way Higher Education is approaching AI.

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Check out my latest article: Pick Me! Pick Me! linkedin.com/pulse/pick-me-j… via @LinkedIn

Pick Me! Pick Me!

Do you remember in Shrek when Donkey was jumping up and down and saying “Pick me! Pick me!”? I am thinking about that scene a lot these days. Although I’m not planning on making waffles.

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Check out my latest article: Are you Supremely Pissed Off about AI? linkedin.com/pulse/you-supre… via @LinkedIn

Are you Supremely Pissed Off about AI?

I was in a room with a few hundred members of the Greater Washington business community this week. Leadership Greater Washington is one of my favorite community organizations.

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Check out my latest article: Original Intelligence is Showing it's Worth linkedin.com/pulse/original-… via @LinkedIn

Original Intelligence is Showing it's Worth

I have been arguing that the message of AI substituting for jobs would begin to flounder on the reality that many jobs have a value-add component of differentiation provided by original intelligence....

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Check out my latest article: Are Founders RockStars? linkedin.com/pulse/founders-… via @LinkedIn

Are Founders RockStars?

Today I want to comment on one of the largest absurdities of startup life. The idea that it’s all about the founder.

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Check out my latest article: AI’s Branding Problem. It's a feature not a bug. linkedin.com/pulse/ais-brand… via @LinkedIn

AI’s Branding Problem

I’d like to do a little thought experiment with you. I have a tool that I can sell you.

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Yes, it’s a Bubble — Look past it linkedin.com/pulse/yes-its-b…

Yes, it’s a Bubble — Look past it

Sometimes people accuse me of being a killjoy. Honestly, I just can’t help it.

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Check out my latest article: Slow Down to Speed Up linkedin.com/pulse/slow-down… via @LinkedIn

Slow Down to Speed Up

Slow Food. Slow AI.

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I think that the current discussion around human originality being content that is created WITHOUT any AI is missing the point completely. The reality is that economically valuable originality ALWAYS has been measured against the commonplace. linkedin.com/pulse/after-ai-…

After AI: Two Kinds of Originality That Will Actually Matter

We are entering a world where artificial intelligence can produce competent, plausible output in almost every domain — writing, code, design, analysis, strategy. For many purposes, “good enough” is...

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370,000 Student Essays Can’t be wrong: GenAI has broken College Admissions linkedin.com/pulse/370000-st…

370,000 Student Essays Can’t be wrong: GenAI has broken College Admissions

When we started Hupside, we kept getting the same question: why does measuring originality matter now? The New York Times answered it better than we ever could. Rebecca Winthrop (Brookings) wrote a...

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Wonder why you are bothered by AI Slop? It's a symptom of why AI is being rejected. And why a new signal of where value is being added is necessary in a post AI world: Original Intelligence. linkedin.com/pulse/signal-co…

Signal Collapse: AI’s Dark Underside

I want to do a quick experiment with you. I wrote this essay myself.

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Check out my latest article: Use Original Intelligence: Stop Wasting Money on AI Transformation linkedin.com/pulse/use-origi… via @LinkedIn

Use Original Intelligence: Stop Wasting Money on AI Transformation

AI Transformation is wasting incredible amounts of money. Published research is suggesting that 75% or even 95% of AI transformation projects are failing to generate positive benefit.

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Mark Walsh and I in the studio for another episode or What's Working in Washington. Always fun, and always something new to talk about at the intersection of tech, policy, politics and big trends. We get great authors and foreign correspondents in every show. Fun too!
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The latest What's Working In Washington program is online. Author Bill Von Eppel, the view of the US from France c/o France 24 and other holiday goodies. federalnewsnetwork.com/podca…
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Check out the latest "What's Working" -- Paulina Bren author of "She Wolves" -- the hidden story of Women on Wall Street. Also, what's hot, turmoil in education, why weight loss medication is personal, and how to explain this election. apple.co/4e5jXz4 @WhatsWorkingDC

What's Working in Washington

News Podcast · Updated Weekly · A weekly podcast examining the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and policy in the Washington D.C. region. They are stories explaining why local...

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