Advice for Start-Up Founders
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Advice for Start-Up Founders

The rise of AI creates opportunities for new startups that can move humanity forward. In the 1990s, the internet was embraced successfully by incumbent companies including Apple and Microsoft, but it also inspired hugely impactful...

December 2, 20202 min read
How to Think About Probabilities
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How to Think About Probabilities

As I write this letter, the vote count is underway in yesterday’s U.S. presidential election. The race has turned out to be tight. In their final forecast last night, the political analysts at fivethirtyeight.com suggested an 89 percent chance that Joe Biden would win.

November 4, 20202 min read
How to Think About Probabilities
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How to Think About Probabilities

As I write this letter, the vote count is underway in yesterday’s U.S. presidential election. The race has turned out to be tight. In their final forecast last night, the political analysts at fivethirtyeight.com suggested an 89 percent chance that Joe Biden would win.

November 4, 20202 min read
The Rise of the Industrial AI Development Platform
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The Rise of the Industrial AI Development Platform

Today Landing AI, where I am CEO, launched LandingLens, an AI-powered platform that helps manufacturers develop computer vision solutions that can identify defective products.

October 21, 20202 min read
The Rise of the Industrial AI Development Platform
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The Rise of the Industrial AI Development Platform

Today Landing AI, where I am CEO, launched LandingLens, an AI-powered platform that helps manufacturers develop computer vision solutions that can identify defective products.

October 21, 20202 min read
How to Manage Uncertainty
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How to Manage Uncertainty

There’s a lot we don’t know about the future: When will a Covid-19 vaccine be available? Who will win the next election? Or in a business context, how many customers will we have next year?

October 7, 20201 min read
How to Manage Uncertainty
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How to Manage Uncertainty

There’s a lot we don’t know about the future: When will a Covid-19 vaccine be available? Who will win the next election? Or in a business context, how many customers will we have next year?

October 7, 20201 min read
How to Spot High-Impact Technologies
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How to Spot High-Impact Technologies

AI researchers keep coming up with impressive innovations: transformer-based language models, self-supervised learning, deep reinforcement learning, small data. All of these developments hold great promise.

September 23, 20203 min read
How to Spot High-Impact Technologies
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How to Spot High-Impact Technologies

AI researchers keep coming up with impressive innovations: transformer-based language models, self-supervised learning, deep reinforcement learning, small data. All of these developments hold great promise.

September 23, 20203 min read
Global Communications and the New Normal
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Global Communications and the New Normal

Over the weekend, my family celebrated my grandfather’s 102nd birthday on Zoom. We dialed in from Hong Kong (my grandfather), the U.S. (myself), the UK, Singapore, and New Zealand.

July 29, 20201 min read
Global Communications and the New Normal
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Global Communications and the New Normal

Over the weekend, my family celebrated my grandfather’s 102nd birthday on Zoom. We dialed in from Hong Kong (my grandfather), the U.S. (myself), the UK, Singapore, and New Zealand.

July 29, 20201 min read
Covid-19 Transforms Industries
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Covid-19 Transforms Industries

Inflection points in society create opportunities. The rise of online video was an inflection point that enabled scalable online education.

May 13, 20201 min read
Covid-19 Transforms Industries
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Covid-19 Transforms Industries

Inflection points in society create opportunities. The rise of online video was an inflection point that enabled scalable online education.

May 13, 20201 min read
Covid and the Remote Work Experiment
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Covid and the Remote Work Experiment

When I was younger, I was not a fan of working from home. Too many distractions! So I worked a lot in coffee shops. They turned out to be convenient places to talk to strangers and ask for feedback about products I was working on...

March 25, 20201 min read
Covid and the Remote Work Experiment
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Covid and the Remote Work Experiment

When I was younger, I was not a fan of working from home. Too many distractions! So I worked a lot in coffee shops. They turned out to be convenient places to talk to strangers and ask for feedback about products I was working on...

March 25, 20201 min read

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