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Contents

Editorial: An Open Letter

Essays of the Week

• Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter

• The Open Letter to Stop 'Dangerous' AI Race Is a Huge Mess

• Vinod Khosla on how AI will ‘free humanity from the need to work’

• Thinking About AI

• A Short History of Artificial Intelligence

• ChatGPT Gets a Computer

• The Accidental Consumer Tech Company; ChatGPT, Meta, and Product-Market Fit; Aggregation and APIs

Video of the Week

• Coldfusion - AI is Evolving Faster Than You Think [GPT-4 and beyond]

News of the Week

• Are solo GPs screwed?

• Death of The Generalist Seed VC

• The NFL Is Quietly Investing Millions Into Its Venture Capital Fund, 32 Equity

• Apple Mixed-Reality Headset May Not Appear at WWDC as Mass Production Pushed Back Yet Again

Startup of the Week

• Good Eggs Cuts Its Valuation 94% in Lifeline Financing as More Startups Get Desperate

Tweet of the Week

• Sam Altman

Editorial: An Open Letter

Sam Altman @sama

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