Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-12-02
Books mentioned on OpenAI releases ChatGPT, a16z sunsets future.com + OK Boomer with Jack Raines | E1626
J+M kick off the show by discussing and testing out OpenAI's ChatGPT. (1:59) Then, they wrap up the news with a16z's announcement that they are shutting down future.
Jack Raines discussed I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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I Am Legend
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson is a classic post-apocalyptic horror novel that explores isolation, perspective, and societal shifts through the story of the last human on Earth.
Discussed“um like the one I'm putting out Tuesday I'm relating uh the man dude from I'm Legend the book not the movie to Sam Bateman freed or fraud or whatever yeah and which doesn't seem to make sense for an analogy but like it actually makes a lot of sense the way I wrote it”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Brave New World
“yeah this is going to be a Brave New World just like cloud computing where people could like just start building stuff or the app store and got massive distribution”