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Opinion
VC disdain for ChatGPT wrappers is a psyop by oversized funds
“The whole like chat GPT rapper Meme is like a total psyop by VCs who have scaled up their funds too much to like ruin fun for young entrepreneurs.”
John Coogan Jul 24, 2024 ▶ 1:03:09 John Coogan, EIR at Founders Fund, Founder of Soylent & Lucy · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Opinion
Coogan: Regulators should double taxes and age limits on cigarettes
“We should have a tilted playing field and everything that you do for like to that continuum risk, like everything that you, every reg, every new regulation that you put on the industry, you should just double it and put that on cigarettes. Like cigarettes shou…”
John Coogan Jul 24, 2024 ▶ 41:20 John Coogan, EIR at Founders Fund, Founder of Soylent & Lucy · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Opinion
Coogan: Big Tobacco quality has degraded as top talent chooses tech
“They are not well run. They are not hiring the best people, really, really sharp people. They go to work at SpaceX and Meta. They are not going to big tobacco anymore. And so the quality of the companies has really, really degraded.”
John Coogan Jul 24, 2024 ▶ 49:19 John Coogan, EIR at Founders Fund, Founder of Soylent & Lucy · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Opinion
Coogan: The Rabbit R1 is well suited for kids
“I have a hot take about that rabbit R one. I really think that would be good for kids.”
John Coogan Jul 24, 2024 ▶ 1:01:26 John Coogan, EIR at Founders Fund, Founder of Soylent & Lucy · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Opinion
Coogan: Algorithmic content optimization poisons creators over time
“Content the algorithms, it just like, it kind of poisons you after a while. Like it's very, very disheartening.”
John Coogan Jul 24, 2024 ▶ 1:00:14 John Coogan, EIR at Founders Fund, Founder of Soylent & Lucy · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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