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Hollywood’s Massive Miss on Strong AI

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The MIT Media Lab was created at the same time – opening in 1985 – and there was a revolution at MIT around AI and computer science. So while I didn’t study at LCS or the Media Lab, I was deeply influenced by what was going on around me. Ok – got it – MIT roots in Minority Report – that makes sense.

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

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Each of the SBIC funds were raised in the 2000 – 2002 time period. This dynamic has been reported thousands of times so I don’t need to go through it again, but we don’t have to look back very far to hear the drum beat from the media, LPs, and everyone else about how “VC is dead.”

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Why I’m not worried about formal advocacy programs…

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Cecelia did this in 2002 which makes me think of the chaos that was in my head as I continued to unwind the mess that was my world from the collapse of the Internet bubble. I can’t get her to do a blog, so instead I’ll promote it here. This piece is called (#984) Kimono Series #6 and is a collagraph monotype sized 22×30”.