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Laurie Voss

@seldo.com

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VP Developer Relations at @llamaindex.bsky.social. Previously: Data at Netlify, co-founded npm, awe.sm, started lgbtq.technology. Married to @jovo.design. He/him. 🇹🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1h

I gave an introductory talk to SF.gov about MCP: what it is, why you should care about it, and how best to implement it. If you're new to MCP or are looking for a quick intro to share, you might also find it useful, so I recorded it:

youtu.be/KG3VmuvyGc0

MCP Model Context Protocol: what is it, why should I care about it, and how do I implement it?

YouTube video by Laurie Voss

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 5h

Matt Levine points out the OpenAI's current business model is basically what you'd expect if you asked ChatGPT for a business model, because ChatGPT learns everything it knows from the web:

You can apply similar reasoning here. In a science fiction story, if you invented a superintelligent robot and asked it how to make money, it might come up with cool never-before-seen ideas, or at least massive fun market manipulation. But in real life, if you train a large language model on the internet and ask it how to make money, it will say "advertising, affiliate shopping links and porn." That's the lesson the internet teaches!

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 9h

But you should be!

Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 20h

These two tweets contain more nuance on the topic than 99.9% of what gets said, unfortunately.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 20h

Ed Zitron is not it.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 20h

What if it's very useful but not going to become godlike? Is that okay with everyone?

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 21h

It's quite difficult to talk realistically about AI because social media is full of people who say it's all powerful and can do anything and also people who say it's totally useless and both groups are hyperbolically wrong but very noisy.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 21h

I literally have the text "insert spooky noises" under this image.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 22h

The only slide with any formatting from my talk tomorrow.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

Today to walk the dog I put an extra hoodie on top of the hoodie I was already wearing.

Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

I don't know how many times the fascist president has to do blatantly unconstitutional things until he is impeached again but apparently it's not yet?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

It feels like the bay area was still in a delightful late summer until 10 minutes ago and now it's suddenly dark and cold as fuck.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMyb2fPt/

Repost (TV): Manager termed employee for no call no show after having a baby #corporatelife #hr #corporatetiktok

TikTok video by aunt__bri

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

There's this lady on TikTok who re-enacts transcripts of HR calls and she has a chokehold on my media consumption budget.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

Did you hear that Dan and Phil admitted they've been in a relationship for 16 years? Because I have never heard of these two dudes before today but people are FREAKING OUT.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

Every time I hear about YouTube drama I am reminded that there is this whole universe of YouTube celebrities about whom I know absolutely nothing and who never impinge upon my life.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

I don't know what will kill google search but boy does it deserve to be killed.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

Google has, yet again, found a way to make it harder to identify which links are real and which are ads. www.theverge.com/tech/798901/...

Google will let you hide sponsored results in search — after you’ve seen them

At least you can collapse them now.

www.theverge.com

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 1d

"I dunno man, Rage Against The Machine weren't really clear about their politics"

Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 2d

I have been unemployed for like 6 hours and I have spent the whole time writing a talk about MCP so not much has changed.

Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 2d

My blood pressure and cholesterol numbers have reversed their climbs, also.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 2d

Other people I know who take it have reported such things and I was told to expect it but I really haven't noticed any change to anything but my eating habits.

Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 2d

My feeling is that environmental pollutants messed up my hormonal system in the first place and this is just counter-acting them.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 2d

I agree that it being practical only for rich people is gross. I look forward to the patents expiring and this being something available to everybody.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 2d

It's magical stuff!

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