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Today’s show:
Steve Ruiz, Founder of tldraw, joins Jason to discuss how Make Real went viral just one week after a recent funding round (5:35), diving into the debate of creating consciousness with AI (20:41), highlighting tldraw's versatility with multiple demonstrations including creating a stopwatch from simple sketches (24:21), and much more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) - Steve Ruiz, Founder of tldraw, joins Jason.
(2:26) The Story Behind tldraw and exploring its origins.
(5:35) Discussing the business plan of tldraw and how Make Real went viral just one week after a recent venture round.
(6:46) Diving into the popular topic of “Open Core”
(7:59) Jumping into demos of tldraw and Make Real including the creation of a color picker.
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(14:42) Further exploring tldrraw demos using Iterations.
(16:18) How multi-modal AI responds to different instructions.
(20:41) Are we creating consciousness in AI or merely simulating it?
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(24:21) More demos! Creating a stopwatch application with varied approaches.
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(32:42) The future of tldraw and it’s potential to integrate across various AI models.
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