The Local Maximum Podcast
1) Ep. 63 - Transfer Learning, Career Cliffs, and Investing for the Future with Bethany Crystal of USV
Today’s interview is with Bethany Crystal at Union Square Ventures. We cover a lot of ground Building Network Effects as a means to Market Power Building Careers, avoiding the career cliff Inspiration...Show More
2) Ep. 328 - Restarting the Local Maximum: Book Strategies for 2025
Returning after a Hiatus* Today is just going to be a hangout with me and Aaron if you’re into that.. And later, we’ll return to more specific topics* Give a little personal history & history of the s...Show More
3) Ep. 327 - The Shape of Thought
Author, entrepreneur, and AI professor Graham Morehead joins the Local Maximum to talk about Artificial Thought and human potential working with AI in his book, “The Shape of Thought”https://grahammor...Show More
4) Ep. 326 - James Barnes, The Autobiographer
The Local Maximum returns from a hiatus with today’s interview of James Barnes, founder of Autobiographer, and AI-based app developed at Betaworks that helps you tell your own story. Get full access t...Show More
5) Ep. 325 - Eric Daimler: Perspectives on AI
Today’s guest is Eric Daimler, co-founder and CEO of Conexus (conexus.com). Max talks to Eric about the enormous shift in focus in the industry since his last appearance in 2022, and gets his perspect...Show More
6) Ep. 324 - The Technological Singularity Part II
Max and Aaron go deeper into the ideas of the singularity and the law of accelerating returns as articulated in Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity is nearer. They talk about Nanotechnology, Longevity Escape V...Show More
7) Ep. 323 - The Technological Singularity Part I
Max and Aaron discuss Ray Kurzweil’s new book, The Singularity is Nearer, and talk about the prospect for a technological singularity by 2045 and AGI by the end of this decade. Get full access to The ...Show More
8) Ep. 322 - Coding in the Age of AI
On Freund, co-founder and CEO of Wilco, talks to Max to explore the future of software development in a post-AI world. Learn about the evolving roles of developers, the significance of real-world prob...Show More
9) Ep. 321 - Exploring AI with Itamar Friedman
Max talks to Codium.ai Founder Itamar Friedman about the rise of LLMs, the evolution of AI as practiced, and the philosophical ideas that will help us get the most out of it.https://codium.ai/ Get ful...Show More
10) Ep. 320 - Startups, Foursquare, and NYU
Max and Aaron discuss Max's new initiatives in startups and academia, his concerns about the current direction of Foursquare, and the structure and evolution of computer science courses. Max talks abo...Show More