For a long time, I held the firm view that running sucks. Over the past few months, this view has softened considerably. While running still sucks sometimes, I've grown to kind of love it in a way...
When you think of a startup, you probably imagine a smaller team with some venture funding. In the past, they might have worked out of a loft in San Francisco. Paul Graham has a slightly different definition...
In my last essay, I spent a little time exploring the AI-focused Replika, a mobile app with the aspiration to be your virtual best friend. In writing that post, I found myself frequently branching off into the adjacent topic of avatars...
I was on my phone the other day and came across Replika, an app that describes itself as your personal AI friend. Surprisingly, I remembered reading a profile on the origin story of Replika a few years ago...
As someone who grew up on the internet, I occasionally think back to early memories online. When I fondly look back on these memories, I realize both how much and how little things have changed...