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“It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it

“It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business.“ - Mark Cuban


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“It takes a while. It’s gonna take you a while. It’s normal to take a while. You just have to fight

“It takes a while. It’s gonna take you a while. It’s normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.“ - Ira Glass


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Predicting the next toy fads with AI

2022: French stick - Artisanally crafted, wooden, low-fat stick made from potatoes or vegetables, thin enough to fit in a toaster. 2023: Watchamacallit - Light purple, furry-logic toy with smiley mouth, one 'horn' and a tape recorder on its back that dishes out self-proclaimed facts non-stop.ALT

I used GPT-3 to complete a list I seeded with pet rock, tickle me elmo, and furby. Its job is prediction, and its dataset is the internet. It is made of math so it is infallible.

2024: Banana - A fruit-sized music player. Makes any digital music sound like banana-shaped music. 2030: Power Ties - Thin piece of metal clothing accessory that heats people in whom they are embedded and creates a personal force field.ALT
2037: Kitela - Cloud-based, artificially intelligent program that helps users maximize their mental acuity through games, lectures, and the integration of mental programs with a network of billions of other Kitelas. 2048: Smart tweed - Unisex woolen coat smart enough to choose an outfit for its owner, coordinate with their smartphone, and access their daily Andreality.ALT

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