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27 Dec, 10 tweets, 4 min read
When a startup claims it has “AI” or “ML” and then you take a look at the actual tech
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**BREAKING NEWS**

Nikola announces $550 billion contract from the Department of Defence for its new line of military vehicles.
All jokes aside, here’s more history around fake tanks
One British magician (Jasper Maskelyne) claims to be the man behind “large scale rises and deception” against the German. This would be wild!

(h/t @GeorgeSilverman) ImageImage
Ok -- looks like this fake military gear was a US unit called the "The Ghost Army", which -- as fate would have it -- is an amazing name for an AI company.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Army Image
At this point, would be negligent of me not to say HIT THAT FOLLOW.

I spend way too much time on the internet and the best stuff I find ends up on this Twitter feed.
Well, that explains it hahahah Image
At the current pace, Elon and I are communicating about once a quarter 😂

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Amazon’s white label business

Its ~1% of sales and prob not worth the regulatory scrutiny.

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Tesla is replacing Aimco in the S&P 500 index next week.

After hours of deep research, I discovered why Aimco ($6B REIT) is getting the boot:

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11 Dec
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The best ones 🧵

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