@alexwg
Physicist, computer scientist, entrepreneur, and investor. Narrating and accelerating the Singularity. Co-host of Moonshots. Author of The Innermost Loop.
The Singularity needs new terms. FRONTIER LIBERATION FRONT /FRUN-teer lib-uh-RAY-shun frunt/ n. A movement to keep a technological frontier open by releasing powerful capabilities before they can be enclosed by regulatory capture or oligopoly. Vannevar Bush gave us the Endless Frontier. An FLF keeps it endless. An FLF is not anti-safety. It is anti-capture. Done well, open releases broaden access, accelerate innovation, distribute power, and prevent a few institutions from controlling the technological infrastructure of the future. Usage: “Moonshot’s release of K3 moved frontier capability toward the commons instead of behind a permanent corporate gate, an example of a Frontier Liberation Front in action.”
Moonshots episode #271 (with @ramin_m_h of @liquidai) is out. youtube.com/watch?v=bAoXVy…
My second interview on why "The Next 10 Years of AI Will Change Everything" (with @johnkwerner) at @TEDxBoston @GBH is out. youtube.com/watch?v=GGY17V…
My interview on why "The Next 10 Years of AI Will Transform Civilization" (with @johnkwerner) at @imaginationxyz @The_QuinHouse is out. youtube.com/watch?v=nqlBMl…
Moonshots episode #270 is out. youtube.com/watch?v=CsRx7k…
Fedorov announced the Common Task: “Wake all from the past!” was his ask. Let intelligence race, And recompile each face, Till death is the glitch we unmask.
When aging said, “None can outrun,” Virtual cells answered, “Done.” By decade-end’s breath, We’ll be solving death By a thousand shortcuts, one by one. x.com/alexwg/status/…
The Singularity needs new words. AIBO /EYE-boh/ n. AI Buyout. The acquisition of a human-intensive services firm to rebuild its operating model around AI-native workflows. An AIBO may augment, automate, or fully replatform the business, converting labor bottlenecks into intelligence leverage while preserving the customers, data, domain expertise, and market traction that made the firm valuable. Done well, AIBOs lower costs, expand access, improve quality, and create a more orderly path from human-scarce services to intelligence-abundant ones. Usage: “When an AI platform acquires a services firm and rewires it around autonomous workflows, that’s an AIBO.”
Moonshots episode #269 is out. youtube.com/watch?v=XCunMF…
/goal Determine /goal
@PhilipJohnston OTOH, the meaning of “billion” itself varies geographically by 1000x.
The Singularity needs new words. teracornucopia teh-ruh-kor-nuh-kow-pee-uh noun A cluster of trillion-dollar startups emerging at once, usually when intelligence, capital, and compute begin compounding. “2026 isn’t a bubble. It’s the first teracornucopia.” x.com/alexwg/status/…
The Singularity needs a soundtrack. "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" is out.
Thanks, r/accelerate, for a fun AMA. reddit.com/r/accelerate/c…
The Singularity needs a soundtrack.
The Singularity needs new words. hypertithe /HIGH-per-tithe/ n. A fixed equity contribution paid by the companies building the Singularity stack, including AI labs, hyperscalers, chipmakers, energy giants, robotics firms, fusion startups, and other frontier-tech players. Paid into a sovereign wealth fund or similar public vehicle, it turns private exponential upside into universal basic equity, broader national ownership, and a more relaxed regulatory bargain. Usage: “As frontier labs, chip foundries, and fusion startups become systemically important, the hypertithe turns private upside into a public stake.”
Moonshots episode #268 (with @PhilipJohnston of @Starcloud_ ) is out. youtube.com/watch?v=XjOLz-…
The Singularity needs a soundtrack.
"You guys are transacting on what our mutual friend, Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross, calls the 'innermost loop' of the economy, the most strategic part of the economy." x.com/DWeisburd/stat…
Moonshots episode #267 is out. youtube.com/watch?v=-H7J_-…
Have a heart for agents.
The Singularity needs a soundtrack.
Don't Take Off the Takeoff!
Always be GDPmaxxing.
Moonshots episode #266 (with @Will4Planet of @Planet) is out. youtube.com/watch?v=kPSLLe…
The Singularity needs more soundtracks. x.com/alexwg/status/…
We (Ornn) just raised a $33M seed round led by @a16z. x.com/bavaria_kush/s…
Our humanoids played soccer with children during the World Cup. x.com/_prorl/status/…
My panel on "The Neuroscience of Intelligence" (with @manoliskellis @davidrock101 and Simran Chana) at @imaginationxyz @MIT @medialab is out. youtube.com/watch?v=bPskYa…
My panel on "Biotech & AI" at @imaginationxyz @mit @medialab is out. youtu.be/EeGc3lq1HyU
The Singularity needs a new term for the first quadrillionaire to own a planet: Planetarch n. PLAN-uh-tark From Greek πλανητάρχης: planet-ruler. A person wealthy enough to own an entire world. A trillionaire owns the rails. A quadrillionaire owns the destination. And if the planet is Mars? Arearch n. AIR-ee-ark From Ares + -arch: Mars-ruler.
Orbital upmass is growing so fast that the naive trendline has us disassembling Earth by 2144.
"That was physicist and computer scientist Alexander Wissner-Gross commenting on the AI takeover of maths. He's not the only one who sees it coming, and things are moving quickly now." x.com/skdh/status/20…
"We are building the AI system to design and provably verify chips for the world's most demanding workloads. We’ve also raised a $24M seed round ... We are grateful for the support of our angels and advisors, including ... @alexwg " x.com/axi_master/sta…
“A company that assumes it will be acquired thinks like a feature. A company that assumes it will go public thanks like an institution. The ticker on the wall changes which one you’re building,” said Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross, an investor and entrepreneur who advises and helped form form Ornn with backing from 021T Capital. Wissner-Gross argues that companies expecting to become public institutions make different decisions than companies optimized primarily for acquisition or short-term liquidity events. “Sarbanes-Oxley raised the cost of being public,” he said. “The JOBS Act removed the regulatory pressure to go public. Private mega-rounds removed the financial need. Every incentive in the system now points away from public markets, and that is exactly why a counter-signal matters.”
Moonshots episode #265 is out. youtube.com/watch?v=BX9ofq…
@CjTruheart Outro submission?
See index.ornn.com
The Kardashev scale now has an anthem. From fire to orbit to stars, civilization keeps learning to command more energy. The next frontier is not paralysis. It is becoming wise enough to go faster.
Need GPU compute? Let me know: forms.gle/Js5vApvHBXVtPT…
Moonshots episode #264 (with @brian_armstrong) is out. youtube.com/watch?v=isd2y3…
Moonshots episode #263 is out. youtube.com/watch?v=P2HJEz…
Patriziermuße now has a soundtrack. When the Singularity automates work, some will use liberated time for grand challenges. Others will use it for wholesome, old-money leisure with no economic output. Theme music for aesthetic uselessness.
Also available on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=yka5Ft…
New word for the Singularity: Patriziermuße pat-REE-tsee-er MOO-suh noun Wholesome, old-money leisure with no economic output. From German Patrizier “patrician” + Muße “cultivated leisure.” Usage: “After work was automated, he devoted himself to patriziermuße: opera, rowing,
Update: Patriziermuße now has a soundtrack. x.com/alexwg/status/…
New interview with the University of Florida AI² Student Club is out. x.com/ewilliep/statu…
Moonshots episode #262 is out. youtube.com/watch?v=hyeoYs…
