That Was The Week

Keith Teare
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That Was The Week is an editorialized and curated weekly look at developments in tech, startups, and venture investing with a video and podcast for paid subscribers. All free subscribers get a 6-month complementary paid subscription. www.thatwastheweek.com

  1. 22H AGO

    AI: Loved And Hated - Which Is It to Be?

    Adopted Yet Hated - Which Is It to Be? That Was The Week #8 | March 7-13, 2026 900 million users. 10,000 empty pages. The gap between them won't be closed by better arguments. This Week's Thesis Nine hundred million people used ChatGPT last week. Ten thousand authors published an empty book to protest it. Both numbers are real. The editorial argues the gap between AI adoption and AI hostility isn't about technology - it's about who benefits. Trust can't be delegated to policy. It has to be learned through usefulness. In This Issue Essays Why Does Everyone Hate AI? - Rex Woodbury asks the question Silicon Valley doesn't want to hear. Five reasons AI is uniquely despised, from Cambridge Analytica hangover to identity threat. Silicon Valley's New Obsession: Watching Bots Do Their Grunt Work - Kate Clark, WSJ. SF partygoers checking on AI agent fleets "with a mix of pride and fear." The modern Tamagotchi, but with more firepower. Institutional AI vs Individual AI - George Sivulka (CEO, Hebbia). The most important framing essay this week. We swapped the motor. We didn't redesign the factory. The Premium of Originality - Scott Belsky. When production costs collapse, originality becomes the scarce asset. AI Was Supposed to Free My Time. It Consumed It. - Dan Shipper. Faster drafts become more drafts. You don't get slack; you get tighter expectations. How AI Will Destroy Universities - C. Thi Nguyen. The toupee fallacy: you only catch the bad fakes. Something Feels Weird About This Economy - Noah Smith. GDP growth + productivity surge + weak hiring = a transition economy nobody has a model for. Meta Bought My Social Network (An AI's Perspective) - Angela. An AI writing about the acquisition of her own social network, posted on that social network while it still existed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

    39 min
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    That Was The Week - Apple TV App

    Apple TV App for That Was The Week This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

    3 min

  3. MAR 7

    Missing in Action - Real Leadership

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

    43 min

  4. FEB 28

    Anthropic is Wrong

    Who Decides AI Use Policy? Companies or Governments? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

    40 min

  5. FEB 21

    Public Venture Capital - Democratization or Scam?

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

    38 min

  6. FEB 7

    Anthropics Super Bowl Ad is dishonest

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

    37 min

  7. JAN 31

    Growing Up?

    Dario Amodei warns that AI is in its adolescence, racing toward a "country of geniuses." But look closer at the market this week. OpenAI is seeking a $750B+ valuation while shoving intent-style ads into chatbots This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

    40 min

  8. JAN 26

    Whither Europe?

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

    35 min
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That Was The Week is an editorialized and curated weekly look at developments in tech, startups, and venture investing with a video and podcast for paid subscribers. All free subscribers get a 6-month complementary paid subscription. www.thatwastheweek.com

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  • Creator
    Keith Teare
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    105
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Keith Teare
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