Joshua Smith Joshua Smith

How long does it take?

What an interesting take, AI has long been limited by dataset and compute resources, but now this new framework will help to implement more practical uses for AI.

I'm excited for the day when every employee is a manager of several AI agents. While some expect AI to enable lazy employees, it can also increase productivity to new heights.

Source: https://metr.org/blog/2025-03-19-measuring-ai-ability-to-complete-long-tasks/

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Joshua Smith Joshua Smith

Goodhart’s Law and Hiring

It must be difficult to hire people. According to Goodhart's law," When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." With a job even slightly abstracted from direct financial figures, measuring the value a new hire adds in an unfamiliar role would be impossible.

Do you believe in B**lsh*t jobs by David Graeber?

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Joshua Smith Joshua Smith

Modernizing the Marketplace: The Case for Buyer Vetting

It's funny how the more things change, the more they stay the same. Even as the world grows ever smaller with technology, people still invest locally. Maybe it's time for a new investment platform that vets buyers financials so that we don't only see small companies available for investment on platforms like bizbuysell.

-Source: https://startupsweek.com/2025/08/10/ai-is-creating-new-billionaires-at-a-record-pace/

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