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http://troynikov.io | founder @trychroma
There's so much handwaving about how "AI will cure cancer" or "AI will revolution science" What we need are more specific, actionable ideas for how AI could accelerate science & security Dropping next week: @IFP will publish 15 "AI for science" ideas from experts.
what are the odds that the civilizational project of artificial intelligence requires infrastructure constructed at vast scales, just at the moment all of that infrastructure is more vulnerable than ever?
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces commander Madyar: At NATO, they asked my opinion on their base. I said 4 Ukrainian FPV teams could turn it into Pearl Harbor in 15 mins without coming within 10 km. Cheap, accessible tech in terrorist hands could upend any country. 1/
we have signed a deal for an additional 4.5 gigawatts of capacity with oracle as part of stargate. easy to throw around numbers, but this is a _gigantic_ infrastructure project. some progress photos from abilene:
every city in history built strong walls before its people could build cathedrals
We can’t call it “engineering” if we can’t predict when it breaks. Context engineering turns vibes-based prompting into systems thinking. Chroma CTO, Hammad Bashir shares his thoughts on Context Engineering.
why compare yourself to averages ? insane.
The romanticization of being a startup founder is kind of insane to me: – You’re statistically unlikely to succeed – You’ll have no life and be totally consumed - Incredible lows – You’re locking yourself in for 10+ years This is insanely hard and NOT for everyone.
Prediction market simps and easy-verification-cels in shambles
“what would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail” — bland, secular, wine-aunt coded “what will you do if you knew only a glorious death earns a seat in odin’s hall” — powerful, infused with divinity, lindy