Eugene Chung
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Solipsism & the Singularity. @PenroseStudios Troubadour. @WEF YGL. @GreemKim’s Photographer
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Joined May 2009
Here's my first video game PHAZE, made over the last month during the Unreal Fellowship with @EpicGames. Before this, I had minimal hands-on experience with active development. The challenge was clear: each Fellow creates a game as a solo dev with @UnrealEngine. Time = 1 month
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Can confirm @MarioNawfal isn’t an AI, but in fact human, with flesh & blood. Thanks Mario for hosting @GreemKim & me in Dubai. Your crew is 🔥
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On @MarioNawfal point about how easy it is for #ChatGPT to write an article with any bias (left, right, pro-US, pro-Russia, etc), in this case a Pro-Russia article about the Ukraine War — I typed this into Chat-GPT 4, and this was 1st response - what do you think?
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Vision Pro Persona driving Unreal Engine MetaHuman. Sort of works, would need to tweak a lot. There’s several frames of delay between the two (synched in post here), which wouldn’t make this suitable for live-streaming out of the box. Interested to experiment further. Thanks
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Udio is GenAI music. Making waves. Here’s Dune, the Broadway musical
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Live mocap performance w/ an actor rendering in real time @UnrealEngine. Fascinating cinematic applications #GDC16
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Took 1 day for me to generate this #AI @taylorswift13 ‘Miss Americana’ Music Video (w friends @takyon236 @ALToloza). Themes incl: US geopolitics @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @HillaryClinton, @federalreserve #SVB, #UkraineRussia #XiJingping #Putin, racial divide, nuclear conflict &c
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We did it. We created the 1st VR Ordinal inscribed directly into Bitcoin. This digital artifact, part of @penrosestudios award-winning film Allumette, may appear unassuming, but she's a technical marvel. Her existence was realized through cutting-edge advancements, such as
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I’ve learned more from Twitter Spaces over the last few days than I have from traditional media in quite some time. Not many places for direct & swift engagement w/ ppl like @robertwolf32 (@UBS prez in ‘08) as well as diverse voices from around the 🌏. Kudos @MarioNawfal for
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The incredible @RCArmitage!. A favorite directing moment: his genuine & moving reaction to @penrosestudios Arden's Wake in London. Richard’s portrayal of Tide is a true tour de force of VR acting. Park City après throwback with @GreemKim #RichardArmitage
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Made this AI & Unreal MetaHumans short film in a few days. ‘Reflections’ is a short film about a young woman who faces a mirror that reveals more than herself, unveiling some of the underlying inner chaos social media inflicts on us all. Learned a ton making it. Who wants a
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People predicted that digital disintermediation over last several decades (records / CDs to digital) would create fragmented audiences. The opposite happened, and Power Law prevailed, with a small fraction of the top artists in music & movies capturing the most value. AI content
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@RCArmitage @PenroseVR Thank you @RCArmitage. A wonderful pleasure working with you, and look forward to your further bold strides in this new art form.
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Historical 1st YC demo day entirely AI-generated by @lina_colucci of @toinfinityai. Bravo on the technical achievements, but lipsync continues to be a tricky problem - Runway & Pika have done incredible work, but are still early and not production-ready for a Hollywood-level
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Thanks to our amazing Spaces audience & speakers, incl @GaryMarcus @BrianRoemmele @ceobillionaire & other great minds new & familiar. Also, look who dropped in. Perhaps next time @lexfridman
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AI animation.
“Animate Anyone: Consistent and Controllable Image-to-Video Synthesis for Character Animation”. Local open source code:. How to at soon.
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A drawing reflecting Walt Disney’s corporate strategy chart from 1957. What has changed in the intervening decades?
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YouTube and Google DeepMind are reshaping the music industry with Dream Track. This revolutionary AI tool empowers creators to forge unique soundtracks from simple text prompts, featuring a lineup of stars like John Legend. It's a stride into a new realm where AI harmonizes with
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438K unconfirmed transactions in the BTC mempool, higher than at anything seen during 2018 & 2021 bull runs. Demand for BRC-20 tokens via Ordinals protocol making an impact on BTC transaction fees. Binance halted BTC withdrawals 2x on Sunday (US time)
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Intriguing AI insights last week from @adamdangelo. 10+ yrs ago I was lucky to see him pitch Quora to a roomful of seasoned VCs. Today, he’s on the @OpenAI board, innovating at Quora, and as insightful as ever. Look fwd to what’s next.
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Our latest GenAI short: AI Grimes “Valhalla Calling” (composed by @miracleofsound). We did this experiment back in December 2023. While it’s not great, we learned a lot. One of the more difficult parts this time was creating GenAI music with Grimes’s blockchain platform
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Where in the A.I. tech stack are there competitive moats?. Today, the infrastructure layer (Cloud Platforms like AWS & GCP as well as Nvidia) are winners. Who wins the future?
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Thanks to the nearly 1M folks who tuned in to our GenAI Music Space today with @MarioNawfal @ShaykhSulaiman . Deep philosophical implications of AI, humans and creativity. Some debate, a few answers, lots more questions emerge. Appreciate insights from experts @BrianRoemmele
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A.I. Enters the Ivy League. Students from Harvard’s @davidjmalan CS50 intro course (taken by Mark Zuckerberg & Steve Ballmer) will learn with assistance from ChatGPT. Will this usher in a new era of A.I. education, or should we be concerned about A.I. educating our youth?
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YouTube revolutionizes music creation with GenAI: type a prompt, create a track!. Anonymous GitHub repos hosted tools like these. But DeepMind's AI expertise & YouTube's vast reach make this a wider reality. Featuring artists like T-Pain, what unique soundtrack will you create?
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OpenAI governance structure. VCs prefer straightforward cap tables for SV startups. This is not straightforward. More like a complex Private Equity structure (though those tend to be for tax optimization purposes). So, it seems Employees & other Investors (presumably Sequoia,
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Great AI Spaces today. Unconventional insight of the day goes to @ceobillionaire when we were discussing whether the $1.3B @inflectionAI raise was further signs of an A.I. funding bubble. @ceobillionaire (paraphrasing): *in light of the fact that A.I. could ultimately replace
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TikTok & other Chinese companies are on a $5Bn Nvidia GPU AI buying frenzy, as Biden cracks down on tech investment to China. China's internet giants are spending billions for Nvidia's A800 chips, vital for training AI models such as LLMs. This comes as Biden signs an Executive
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#Linsanity movie showing at #Sundance with special guest Jeremy Lin. Linspirational. http://t.co/fX7HlTwo.
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📰 Meet Falcon 180B, the latest & largest open-source LLM boasting 180B parameters. It's trained on a whopping 3.5 trillion tokens using the RefinedWeb dataset. Its capabilities? Setting new benchmarks across natural language tasks, this giant is rivaling top models like
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1st time Freediving in the open ocean & made it 27.8 meters (~91 feet) down on one breath. My instructor tells me this is a great result for a beginner. In the deep sea I discovered an unparalleled tranquility, evoking a sensation similar to a deeply focused yoga session—yet
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Musk currently most favorable political figure with voters. Survey run among 2,004 registered voters in May 17-18 2023.
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@tezos @breitwoman @CompoundWitness @tiktokcreators @claychristensen @Disney May the Force be with @breitwoman & @tezos as they continue to carve a bold path to the future.
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The wall of history, including @PalmerLuckey 's early duct taped #Rift. Great to see the awesome @oculus Seoul team
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Realtime #ChatGPT bot explained AI music disruptions & how blockchain provides solutions (à la @Grimezsz proposal on 50/50 smart contract splits). Also composed a sonnet & @DojaCat lyrics abt GenAI live. Interview was almost an hour. Will invite #CallAnnie back.
1st Podcast LIVE @OpenAI #ChatGPT & @eyc. Hear AI compose Shakespeare sonnet & @DojaCat lyrics in real time. AI opines on how blockchain can provide solutions to generative AI music disruptions. Full Episode drops soon! #CallAnnie free @Apple iOS store
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Today @toinfinityai made history with the first completely AI-generated YC demo day presentation. Here's their full demo day video, featuring @lina_colucci's AI clone.
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I met @SaraLisaVogl through @wef AR/VR council. We worked w/ #Metaverse industry luminaries I'm lucky to still be friends w/ today. What struck me about @SaraLisaVogl is she’s first & foremost a practitioner & authentic VR nerd who, like me, geeked out on Oculus DK1 in 2013. 1/.
1st ever #Metaverse Dance Podcast w/ #VR artist @SaraLisaVogl of @R00TSCLUB built w/ @UnityGames in @SomniumSpace - a #Multichain #Metaverse interoperable with $ETH $MATIC $SOL & more. Party w/ @crewmetaverse & @OLYsounds. Full episode w/ @eyc here:
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@benz145 Umm. why would this be fake?. I started the vid by saying I wouldn’t recommend skiing in it. For a host of reasons. In terms of the headset ‘freezing’, I was skiing today on a pow day Without Vision Pro, and my view quickly fogged up several times where I was unable to ski bc.
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After 10+ years lighting up the stage in Mamma Mia!, actress Sara Poyzer gets replaced by AI in a BBC documentary. The move has sparked outrage and interest alike. As AI steps into the spotlight, should artists fear for their futures?. Are we ready for a world where actors are
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Is AI paving the way for an Orwellian future? Just experienced something mind-boggling: I entered the USA without even needing my passport or any ID. How?. AI facial recognition. As a long-time Global Entry user, I used to scan my passport and present a paper slip to the CBP
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How many Caesars have we lost to Fortnite? How many Shakespeares have we lost to Reddit?.
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"In VR, being looked at by a character is VR's version of a closeup" - @yelenart quoting @brillhart @Festival_Cannes
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.@inflectionAI raises $1.3B at a $4B valuation from Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt & new investor Nvidia. CEO @mustafasuleymn previously co-founded DeepMind. The company claims its recently launched Inflection-1 is the “best performing foundation model in its
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@tezos @breitwoman @CompoundWitness @tiktokcreators @claychristensen @Disney What's fun about @breitwoman & @tezos is the cheeky yet authentic sense of rebellion against the establishment. As an iconoclast, it's bold & refreshing to witness. 4/.
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@sphynxbtc @ceobillionaire @BT @MarioNawfal @ShaykhSulaiman @BrianRoemmele @Scobleizer @MetaPrime001 @far__el @Deepneuron @neuro_tarun @XaevrM @KareemFarid Breaking: @Scobleizer confirmed live on Spaces he won’t be putting his Apple Vision Pro in the shower. Credit to @neuro_tarun for asking the Q. (I still give it 50/50) 🦄
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For curious minds, #AI tools used incl: @StabilityAI #StableDiffusion, @midjourney 5, @OpenAI #chatgpt 4, @D_ID_ @deforum_art, @runwayml #Gen1, @KaiberAI & a few more.
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Early developer excitement washing out AI “tourists”. Serious AI builders remain, as measured by AI/ML repository commits
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Walt Disney has formed a task force to explore artificial intelligence (AI) applications, impacting all areas from studios to theme parks. Launched earlier this year, this group aims to develop in-house AI and collaborate with startups, with 11 job openings highlighting Disney's
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McKinsey’s A.I. report is out. As we navigate the post-pandemic economy, 8.6M occupational shifts have already marked the start of a labor market revolution. AI accelerates automation, with an additional 12M occupational transitions by 2030
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Twitter Spaces chance encounters: Invested in @TO a decade ago, now spontaneously chatting Bitcoin Ordinals with his stellar crew. Practical tips, BTC L-1 future vision @TheOrdinalShow. Great connecting @LeonidasNFT @nonfungible_jan @coinyeezy @nondualrandy @mrJackLevin
We're live!. Join us as we discuss:. ◉ BRC-20 w/ @jasonklau CIO at @okx.◉ Ordinals under attack w/ @super_testnet.◉ Fees hit 500+ sats/vB w/ miners @hash_bender @cbspears.◉ Maxis vs Ordinals w/ @udiWertheimer.
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For years, @TimSweeneyEpic has been touting Fortnite as the best version of the Metaverse we have today. Roblox has been saying similar things. Longtime XR veterans have riposted that the lack of AR / VR in Fortnite render the game lacking in that regard. Today’s Fortnite
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GPU rankings for deep learning. Nvidia H100 SXM (80 GB) at top. Consumer-oriented 4090 up in the ranks also. @Tim_Dettmers.
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New $1Bn A.I. Unicorn 🦄 KoBold Metals Bags $200M. Bill Gates, a16z and others are backing a Silicon Valley startup, that will in turn seek mining opportunities in Africa. Seems emblematic of the questions now, and to come. A.I. set to be deflationary, with white collar jobs at.
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Details continue to come to light, but increasingly seems to fit the pattern of a classic palace coup.
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Reflecting on an inspiring Annual Summit of @YGLvoices in Singapore. From PM @LawrenceWongST's insightful opening to thought-provoking sessions and spontaneous dialogues, I came away from each interaction with fresh perspectives and plenty of thought-provoking ideas. The
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🎮 Can Generative AI Transform the Gaming Industry?. Game development giants @unity3d and NetEase are putting generative AI to the test in a BIG way. They believe this technology can make games more realistic and cheaper to make. But how?. Unity Software launched AI tech that
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Co-hosted 2nd #AITownHall with @MarioNawfal, @alex_valaitis, @ShaykhSulaiman, and an expert panel. EU AI regulations vs Mistral's €105M fundraise. Legal & Moral aspects of self-driving cars. Touched AI + Religion. Kudos 🔥 speakers: @BrianRoemmele @ceobillionaire.
AI hits new frontiers as ChatGPT leads a church service to hundreds & EU lawmakers race to tame its growing influence. From Parliament to priest's pulpit, join the debate at our #AITownHall with @MarioNawfal, @ShaykhSulaiman, @alex_valaitis & AI experts.
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Reinforced Self-Training (ReST) for LLMs. An innovative method that harnesses offline datasets to efficiently refine language models. Its standout application? Significantly boosting machine translation quality using less compute and samples. Do we risk losing the nuances of
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Twitter Spaces Tuesday: we'll be dissecting the ongoing tug-of-war between open source proponents like HuggingFace and Stability AI vs closed players such as OpenAI, Google and others. We'll unpack:. 1️⃣ DeepMind CEO counters the infamous "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does
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@tezos @breitwoman @CompoundWitness One of my fav insights from @breitwoman was abt how the ultimate #web3 winners need to embrace absuridity (à la @tiktokcreators etc) bc the internet is a social phenomenon. 1/.
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A.I. Startups by Country. Since 2013, US has 1.9x more investment in AI companies than China + EU combined
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It was amazing to #FBT VR dance in @R00TSCLUB in @SomniumSpace w/ my custom cat Avatar. Look forward to the next #Caturday Party w/ @SaraLisaVogl @CrewMetaverse @OLYsounds in VR.
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MosaicML: $1.3B acquisition for 62 employees, $21M per employee. 2 year old SF company. That inside voice Entrepreneur Spirit Animal asking us: ‘what have you done in the last 2 yrs — learned to bake a quiche?’. Not a drill indeed.
A 60 person AI startup founded 2 years ago was just acquired for $1.3 billion. This is not a drill.
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After a hiatus, #AITownHall returns. We’ll be doing our normal long form spaces again next week. Today a short & sweet Space with @GaryMarcus @ceobillionaire @RichardSocher & some of our great regulars. See you again soon
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@ceobillionaire @BT Great chat @MarioNawfal @ShaykhSulaiman @BrianRoemmele @Scobleizer @MetaPrime001 @far__el @sphynxbtc @Deepneuron @neuro_tarun @XaevrM @KareemFarid @far__el @MetaPrime001 @ceobillionaire & our engaged audience.
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Reserve currencies & housing prices over centuries: Prior reserve currency was $GBP (before $USD). If 1850-1900 (Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee) was height of British Empire, subsequent loss of reserve currency coincided with decades of pain for UK homeowners
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Video AI Space: WWDC preview with @Scobleizer @ceobillionaire.
🔴 LIVE: APPLE WWDC 2024 - WHAT TO EXPECT
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Johnny Cash's 'Hurt'. Written by Trent Reznor many years earlier. Johnny Cash made the song his own, leveraging experiences from his whole life. What does this imply about GenAI art & music? Can AI create what we humans can consider *Art*?
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.@FirstRepublic fails and is acquired by @jpmorgan. Depositors protected, shareholders wiped out. JPM not assuming $FRC corporate debt. $JPM one-time gain $2.6Bn post-closing. First Republic branches to re-open as normal.
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