The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
Sacks: Major tech platforms censor posts contradicting the WHO
“Google, YouTube, and even sites like LinkedIn or Nextdoor are now censoring People's statements if they contradict the WHO, apparently without irony, because nobody has contradicted the WHO more than the WHO itself.”
David Sacks Dec 18, 2020 ▶ 35:47 E15: “The Besties” All-In’s inaugural award show covering the best, worst & most memorable of 2020
Prediction Held up
Calacanis: Facebook and LinkedIn will block ChatGPT from accessing their data
“Somebody like Facebook, when they release their language model, which they're about to, is not going to allow ChatGPT to have any access to the Facebook corpus of data. And then LinkedIn will do the same. They'll block any access to ChatGPT to their data.”
Jason Calacanis Mar 31, 2023 ▶ 29:42 E122: Is AI the next great computing platform? ChatGPT vs. Google, containing AGI & RESTRICT Act
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Microsoft has successfully closed all major acquisition attempts under Brad Smith
“When you look at the track record of his ability post this consent decree to get deals done inside of Microsoft, it's truly incredible. There is nothing that they've really tried to buy, whether it's Nuance or whether it's Mojang or whether it's GitHub. Activi…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 8, 2023 ▶ 1:26:47 E156: Ivy League antisemitism, macro, SaaS recovery, Gemini, Figma deal delay + big Friedberg update
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