Tim Cook’s Legacy + The Future of U.B.I. With Andrew Yang + HatGPT
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7 clipsTim Cook's legacy defined by 10x market cap growth
“Since he stepped into the CEO role in 2011, Apple's market cap has grown from $350,000,000,000 to around $4,000,000,000,000, so a 10 x multiple there. Its yearly revenue nearly quadrupled. Its stock price has gone up roughly 2000%. And a lot of the products that Tim Cook has overseen have been, I would say, surprising hits.”
John Ternus signals Apple's return to hardware roots
“By going with Ternus, Apple has signified that there is something about his hardware background, that is very important to them. He was part of the team behind the release of the AirPods. He was also part of the team behind the Apple silicon bet and making their own chips.”
AI automation threatens knowledge workers and office parks
“As it is, AI is in position to suck many, many office parks dry. A lot of kids are gonna go home to their parents wondering where the heck the jobs went. And so the time to do something about this, in my opinion, was 2020.”
Universal Basic Income finds new cross-partisan momentum
“We need to tax AI and then start distributing the gains as quickly and broadly to the American people as we can. Poverty should be an artifact of the past. GDP is going to roar past a $100,000 ahead. And at that point, you should be able to put more into people's hands.”
Meta harvests employee activity data for model training
“Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements and keystrokes for AI training data. This tool, which is called model capability initiative, will run on work related apps and websites on US based employees' computers and will also take occasional snapshots of the content on employees' screens.”
SpaceX enters AI coding via massive Cursor deal
“On Tuesday, SpaceX posted on x that it had reached an agreement with Cursor to either be able to acquire the company later this year for $60,000,000,000 or just pay it $10,000,000,000 for their work together. Kevin, what did you make of this deal?”
AI-managed retail stores struggle with basic inventory logic
“They signed a three year lease for a store. They put a $100,000 in a bank account, and they handed a debit card to Luna, which is powered by Claude Sonnet 4.6, and just told it, hey. Turn a profit. Of the three employees, Luna is paying the one man $2 more per hour than the two women. Also, by the way, so far, it has lost $13,000.”
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