Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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When I was studying Computer Science at Harvard (a shocking 20 years ago this year), startups were nowhere on my radar. The big name recruiting on campus was Microsoft, where my former TA, Dean Hachamovitch, has been leading the Internet Explorer team for several years now. Things have improved a lot since then, but there are still too many talented computer science students being lured to large companies and/or Wall Street instead of joining a startup or even starting their own.
That’s why I am excited that HackNY this year is going to be twice the size of 2010. HackNY is a terrific program run by Evan Korth and Chris Wiggins with an awesome set of advisors including Etsy’s Chad Dickerson and Bit.ly’s Hilary Mason. HackNY brings talented Computer Science students from top programs around the country to New York for the summer to intern at great startups. Last year’s internships were a huge success with students and startups alike.
If you are a startup and have not yet applied, please do so immediately. Ditto if you are a student. In the meantime, thanks to Chris, Evan and everyone else supporting HackNY.
When I was studying Computer Science at Harvard (a shocking 20 years ago this year), startups were nowhere on my radar. The big name recruiting on campus was Microsoft, where my former TA, Dean Hachamovitch, has been leading the Internet Explorer team for several years now. Things have improved a lot since then, but there are still too many talented computer science students being lured to large companies and/or Wall Street instead of joining a startup or even starting their own.
That’s why I am excited that HackNY this year is going to be twice the size of 2010. HackNY is a terrific program run by Evan Korth and Chris Wiggins with an awesome set of advisors including Etsy’s Chad Dickerson and Bit.ly’s Hilary Mason. HackNY brings talented Computer Science students from top programs around the country to New York for the summer to intern at great startups. Last year’s internships were a huge success with students and startups alike.
If you are a startup and have not yet applied, please do so immediately. Ditto if you are a student. In the meantime, thanks to Chris, Evan and everyone else supporting HackNY.
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