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Meta CTO And General Matter Executive Urge Tech Builders To Serve National Interest

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Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey#219inTech

@Meta @generalmatter YT link so you can watch while grilling meats 🇺🇸 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rah5OuxRbko&feature=youtu.be

Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

America turns 250 this week and Silicon Valley is still debating whether it's ok to work with the US military...

Andrew Bosworth (@Meta CTO) and Lee Robinson (@generalmatter founding team) make the case for technologists to build in the national interest

Both joined the Army: Lee was 27 when he walked into a recruiter's office and ended up in the Ranger Regiment. @boztank was 44, already exec at Meta, when he got a cold call from @ssankar

They also serve America through the technologies they choose to build, from LLMs to uranium enrichment

We cover: 8:25 - the unglamorous tech the country needs: chips, energy, manufacturing, infra 11:15 - how the US went from inventing uranium enrichment to producing 0.01% of it 17:00 - when safety-first turns into safety-only, and you regulate yourself out of the game 18:00 - if you don't build it, someone else (with worse standards) will 35:30 - how to have impact AND make money

This is for the technologists who choose to use their talents in service of the country. Happy 4th!

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Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

Why technologists should pick hard problems:

"Anyone thinking, I'm going to go do a thing for money and not impact — I have bad news. There's also no money there. ... Boy, just look around, we got lots of problems to work on. Just pick a hard one and get down to it."

Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

America turns 250 this week and Silicon Valley is still debating whether it's ok to work with the US military...

Andrew Bosworth (@Meta CTO) and Lee Robinson (@generalmatter founding team) make the case for technologists to build in the national interest

Both joined the Army: Lee was 27 when he walked into a recruiter's office and ended up in the Ranger Regiment. @boztank was 44, already exec at Meta, when he got a cold call from @ssankar

They also serve America through the technologies they choose to build, from LLMs to uranium enrichment

This is for the technologists who choose to use their talents in service of the country. Happy 4th!

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