Sora MURDERED your A.I. startup & is Temu a SCAM or GENIUS | E:35

Low Level Barbarians (LLB)

Will SORA kill your AI startup ambitions? Are we on the cusp of AGI? We discuss these topics and much more. Along with updates on SORA and Gemini 1.5, we'll explore which types of companies and industries are vulnerable and which are more defensible. Our second major topic revolves around Temu and their Super Bowl ads. We'll take a deeper look at their business model and compare them to Walmart, the dollar store, and Costco. *Note: Jianggan's cat ripped out his lan cable half way through so we are stuck with the low quality recording :( raw transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/KkjFpJ7iGNQ substack: https://llbpod.substack.com/p/e35-sora-temu 00:00 Intro 00:21 Brief Update On Jianggan's Chinese New Year's Trip to China 02:33 The Setup For Sora (Startup Killer and AGI) 05:08 Speed of AI Development Is Undeniable 07:27 Navigating the AI Space As A Startup 10:38 Porn Industry Is Defensibility vs A.I? 11:21 Content Generation & Content Platforms In An AI World 16:45 Which Startups Will Sora / OpenAi Kill Now 19:05 What Will It Take To Survive As An AI Startup 21:48 Do You Need Deep Technical Knowledge To Build An A.I. Startup? 24:49 Do You Need To Be An AI Visionary? 28:50 Biggest Winners of AI Thus Far 30:55 AI Will Create New Realities 34:46 Artificial Starch 37:48 Temu Superbowl Ads 38:29 Does Temu Deserve Hate? 41:46 How Does Temu Work? Online Dollar Store or Online More Efficient Walmart? 52:01 What Is Costco's Magic Formula? 01:01:36 The Indonesian Elections 01:03:09 Why Should We Care? 01:03:39 Rise of Austronesian Dominance?