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points by bendews 3 days ago | 0 comments

I agree with this. I often dedicate my life for months on end to prove novel and potentially valuable ideas just in the hope that one of the largest companies in the world can rip it off so I have the prestigious opportunity to make a youtube video about it. I can't believe that everyone doesn't do this.

[–] jwpapi 3 days ago

Well I’m not saying to justify that, you can also start an activist movement to fight that, but I would rather move in the worlds that I can affect than in the one where I complain with no impact.

[–] neuwirth 3 days ago

Guess I'm making a video about the system! My younger self would be proud about this... any tips?

[–] jwpapi 3 days ago

I’ve only done a bunch of "thinking" videos. Nothing special, so might not be the best advice giver, but I’ll share what I learnt.

Don’t try to achieve any goal with it, except doing it. When doing it you’ll eventually get better in making videos.

The first video takes way longer than you think it takes, but the second probably takes half the time and it will be tremendously faster over time.

Try to reduce the friction on recording. My first training video on my app took me almost a full day to set up and plan with teleprompter and everything. After a couple of time I could do 3 in a row.

Making videos is still not "my thing" that I enjoy most about, but I’m still happy that I did it, if that’s what I need to I’ll do it. Right now coding has more leverage for me.

A technical write-up or a blog is an alternative. Or even reaching out to Labs. You could reach out to OpenAi/Anthropic/Mistral or your 'poison' of choice, or companies that do something similar. But this is now on your CV.