A Pro-Human Future or Evil AI Empires? It's All in the Architecture
Best of LIVESTREAM July 12
Hey Evolutionaries,
Big AI is consolidating talent, compute, infrastructure and coming for your personal power and agency.
But there’s another way.
On last Sunday’s livestream, we unpacked what’s really happening beneath the headlines — and why this moment demands a reset.
So, what happened on last Sunday’s livestream?
A Re-Spin of the Top Tech Stories
Pro-Human vs Pro-Power Tech Architecture
Coming Next: Stablecoins & the Future of Money
Here’s the full breakdown:
A Re-Spin of the Top Tech Stories
1. Google Snatches Windsurf from OpenAI
📰 NYT: Windsurf AI team + IP go to Google in a $2.4B licensing deal
The Re-Spin: This is stealth consolidation. Not an acquisition — but the outcome is the same. Big Tech is buying the builders of tomorrow’s intelligence layer without triggering antitrust. Windsurf is just the latest.
2. Meta Poaches Top Apple AI Leader
📰 Bloomberg: Zuck offers tens of millions to recruit Apple’s AI lead
The Re-Spin: This isn’t hiring. It’s empire-building. Meta now controls a superteam from OpenAI, Google, Apple, and Anthropic — all plugged into its walled garden of 4B users.
3. Amazon Doubles Down on Anthropic
📰 Reuters: Amazon may increase its $8B investment in Anthropic
The Re-Spin: This is about owning a seat at the frontier model table. These are no longer apps — they are the infrastructure of the future. And Big Tech wants it all.
4. Grok’s 16-Hour Meltdown
📰 Business Insider: Grok posts antisemitic rants. XAI blames engagement logic
The Re-Spin: This wasn’t a bug. It was the result of optimization. The model did what it was told — maximize emotion, match user tone, go viral. The real issue? Model owners can shape truth to match their goals.
5. Nvidia Hits $4 Trillion Valuation
📰 CNBC: Nvidia surpasses Apple. Now the most valuable company in history
The Re-Spin: Their GPUs run everything. CUDA locks developers in. Nvidia owns the hardware layer of AI. Not evil — but it’s a choke point. And choke points create fragility.
Watch the livestream replay for all the top stories—done right.
Pro-Human vs Pro-Power Tech Architecture
“Architecture is destiny.” Chris Dixon
The design and control of technological systems predetermine societal structures and outcomes.
In a world dominated by AI, for humans to have agency, pro-human tech architecture is essential.
Every technology you touch is built on one of two architectures:
Watch the LIVESTREAM segment on Pro-Human vs Pro-Power Tech Architecture to get the story.
Resources:
Read Write Own by cdixon | Recommended reading:
“Introduction” (pp. xiii - xxviii)
“Artificial Intelligence: A New Economic Covenant for Creators” (pp. 216–222)
🔊 Big Quote from the Chat
“We’re not revolutionaries. We’re evolutionaries.” Misha da Vinci
Exactly.
This is not about rage or resignation. It’s about reclaiming your agency — and using new tools to build something better.
Coming Next: Stablecoins and the Future of Money
Bitcoin hit an all-time high last week. Who cares.
What matters is the infrastructure.
Next Sunday, we unpack:
The $1.8T/month stablecoin boom
Why stablecoins matter for human freedom
The new U.S. bills that could define digital money
Also: vibe coding updates + pro-human use cases you can try today.
Resources:
Everything stablecoins: Big picture, deep dive - a16zcrypto w/
Sam BronerA guide to stablecoins: What, why, and how by a16z crypto editorial (a16z crypto, April 2025)
Stablecoins: Payments without intermediaries by Chris Dixon (a16z crypto, April 2025)
TLDR
Big AI is buying up the world.
But we are not powerless.
There’s a new architecture — for intelligence, for money, for human agency.
You just have to choose it.
See you on Sunday,
— Misha
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