Get live statistics and analysis of Matt Wolfe's profile on X / Twitter

I'm going to be honest... I think a social media platform that doesn't allow AI-generated content is something the world actually needs right now.

My wife saw the new Air Pods with real-time translation and she was like “I need these because I can get my nails done, pretend like I’m listening to music, and finally know if the nail ladies are talking crap.” Apple should advertise this use-case.

AI Video is getting more and more exciting. I'm hooked on playing with all of the latest tools available! Here's a good old fashioned thread with 9 AI tools that are currently available to generate videos (with examples). 🧵👇

So I watched the entire 3-hour long Senate hearing on AI today. I want to make sure I cover as much relevant info as possible in Friday's weekly AI news video. I was really impressed with Sam Altman's responses. Here's a super-edit I made (I recommend 2x speed)

This video was created entirely with AI. ChatGPT wrote the script and shot list, ElevenLabs did the voiceover, Mubert made the background music, and the video was generated with Gen2, MidJourney, LeiaPix and Genmo. Tomorrow I'm dropping the step-by-step tutorial on YouTube.

Ok… So this week: - Google Bard - Adobe Firefly - NVIDIA Foundations - Bing adds new DALL-E - Opera adds AI - Microsoft Loop - Canva puts all the AIs in - ChatGPT starts adding plugins Who’s keeping up? What did I miss? Anyone else exhausted?

I've just rounded up 35 different ways I've seen people using ImageGen from GPT-4o... And those were just the ones I was able to quickly rattle off onto a notepad. The implications of that launch I don't think have been totally felt yet by most. It was / will be a massive disrupter. Share some unique ways you've seen it used with me. Going to try to round all these up into a video for you.

Ok... My first impressions after playing with it for a few hours: 1. The pass-through is not as mind-blowing as I expected. It's the best I've ever seen in a VR headset but, the way I was hearing it described was like looking through a piece of glass... It wasn't for me. I can see a slight bit of noise and when you look at something like LEDs, you'll see the lights twitch out a little bit. But it is freaking amazing pass-through. Other reviews were just a bit over-selling it, IMO. 2. It's not nearly as heavy as I thought it was going to be. Every other review I'd heard said the weight is super noticeable. So I went in expecting to feel a brick hanging on my face... I didn't. Since I had low expectations regarding the weight, I came out pleasantly surprised. 3. When I use my Meta Quest, I feel like I have about a 30-minute time limit before my head and eyes feel too fatigued. When I put on this headset, 3-hours went by like it was nothing. I was so immersed and so entertained that I lost all sense of time. I pulled them off and was a little scared by how long I'd spent with them on, without even thinking about weight and my eyes really don't feel that fatigued at all. (Others results may vary) 4. The eye-tracking, once you get used to it truly feels like the thing is reading your mind. You start to forget that you're instructing it what to do with your eyes and a pinch. You start to REALLY feel like your mind is melding with the machine. It's surreal. When you first put it on, you're going to want to move your hands around to control the menu but, pretty quickly, the eye tracking and finger taps become fairly mindless. 5. A little thing that makes a HUGE difference for immersion is the way it treats your hands and arms when you're fully in VR. The Quest puts little floating, disembodied hands on the screen to help you see where they are. The AVP blends the video of your real hands and arm into the scene so you're actually seeing your full arm. This REALLY ups the immersion when you're fully in VR. 6. Turning on a movie, fully blacking out the room around you by turning the knob, and then stretching the screen so it looks like you're watching on a massive movie screen is so much better than I expected. I watched Avatar in 3D (for a little bit) and it looked glorious. The promo videos don't even do this stuff justice because you're only seeing the 2d representation of what's meant to be experienced in 3d. It's crisper and more immersive than I expected. 7. My biggest complaint (other than the price tag 😝) is probably the cord that dangles down to the battery. I kept noticing it rub on my ear from time to time and, when I was playing fruit ninja, the cord was following my arms around as I sliced the air. It's not the worst thing in the world but constantly getting slightly annoyed by it ruins the immersion a bit. 8. The built-in dinosaur experience is really amazing. A little butterfly flutters around your room and it's so realistic, it feels like you can touch it... And when you do "touch" it, it actually interacts with your hand. It was crazy. Do I think everyone should be dropping $3,500+ on one? It's hard to recommend yet after only a few hours. I'm loving the experience so far but I'm sure to find more annoyances. At the very least, I think it's worth everyone trying one out, either at the Apple store or at a friend's house. You'll likely really love the experience... The real test is whether or not I'm still reaching for it and strappin' it on two months from now...

This may be common, I have no idea... But it's the first time I've ever seen it... This is with GPT-5. ChatGPT just gave me a random word typo.

Wow... NVIDIA dropped by 17% because of DeepSeek? I wonder if the investors realize that NVIDIA and DeepSeek aren't competition. DeepSeek was trained using NVIDIA GPUs... People installing and running it locally are mostly using NVIDIA GPUs too... Scratching my head at this...

MidJourney's new inpaint feature is actually really cool! Check this out...👇

"Graphic Designers are Doomed!" "Web Developers are Toast!" These posts are toxic. I know it's engagement bait but it's playing into people's very real fears about AI. The correct narrative: "Graphic Designers Jobs Just Got A Lot Easier!" "Web Developers Now Have Super Powers"

Can someone who generates art by typing a prompt into AI be considered an “AI Artist?”

I'm curious how many people are still using ChatGPT over Claude? I go to Claude nearly 100% of the time now. I've managed to clone everything I was doing with my custom GPTs into Claude Projects and it works so much better for me. I only use ChatGPT now when I need it to pull details from the web.

Wow... NVIDIA dropped by 17% because of DeepSeek? I wonder if the investors realize that NVIDIA and DeepSeek aren't competition. DeepSeek was trained using NVIDIA GPUs... People installing and running it locally are mostly using NVIDIA GPUs too... Scratching my head at this...

My wife saw the new Air Pods with real-time translation and she was like “I need these because I can get my nails done, pretend like I’m listening to music, and finally know if the nail ladies are talking crap.” Apple should advertise this use-case.

A lot of people seem angry and scared right now. Comments on YouTube and X really showing that. I don’t totally understand it. There’s never been an easier time in history to create what you want for yourself. It’s easier than ever to: - Build software - Write a book - Start creating videos - Get into graphic design - Start a podcast - Build an e-commerce business - Sell a course - Learn new skills for the physical world - Live stream (Plus more but I’ll stop there) Why do so many people choose pessimism and anger and take it out on people they’ve never met? My goal is, and always has been, to try to help people and show them what cool opportunities and possibilities exist and are coming. Yet, any time I peek at comments on the things I put out into the world, I start to feel like more people choose to stay angry and use creators like me as their whipping boy. I can take it. I’ve grown thick skin after so many years. But it does often start to feel exhausting… like many people prefer misery, fear, and anger. I want to share optimism and enthusiasm but the vocal minority seem to prefer that I share in their fear. Sorry. Just had to get a mini rant out after so much negativity on a video that really took a lot out of me to create.

Is nuance even possible on X anymore? It feels like everything is so binary now. You're either Pro-AI or Anti-AI You're either right-wing or left-wing politically You're either an accelerationist or altruist You either love or hate [Insert Billionaire or CEO] Am I only hearing from the vocal minority? Is it because polarization creates more engagement? I'm genuinely confused why more nuance doesn't seem to exist. Every single post I make seems to get responses that live somewhere on one extreme end or another instead of falling somewhere on a spectrum. I personally live somewhere in the middle of almost all extremes. I'm pro advancement in tech but conflicted on the methods to get there. I don't identify with any political party. I see both sides of the e/acc e/alt debate and land somewhere in the middle. I don't hate anyone personally, despite how rich they are. I often don't agree with their decisions but don't hate anyone. My opinions change frequently as new information is presented to me and I try to always be open-minded. Life is nuanced but social media encourages polarization. It's starting to feel exhausting.

Unpopular Opinion (Probably): The GPT-Store isn't going to be as big of a deal as most people make it out to be. 99.9% of GPTs that will be created will have nothing proprietary about them and anyone will be able to just make their own clone of it. There will be a handful of

What’s an AI software that everyone’s sleeping on right now?

This just arrived today. Anyone hear if it’s supposed to be good or not?

As someone who watches the AI news probably closer than almost anyone else in the world, I've been feeling less and less inspired or excited by what companies are putting out. I put out a weekly list and video that always has like 20 interesting advancements in the world of AI. But, more and more, I'm starting to feel like most of these announcements are marginal improvements being hyped as world-changing advancements. Don't get me wrong. I'm not taking for granted how far we've come. The delta between AI images in 2021 and AI Images today is massive. Same with video. I'm still in absolute awe at the progress in some of these areas. However, lately, the world of AI feels a lot like [Insert Mega Corp Here] just released a ground-breaking new AI feature... That feature: "Change the color of someone's shirt in the photo you just took." It just feels like so many marginal improvements that people aren't that excited by that are being hyped as a huge breakthrough. Don't take my "AI Fan Club" card away though. I'm still here for all the exciting announcements... But a slightly better Siri that I can already achieve with ChatGPT or Perplexity or the ability to create a custom cucumber cat emoji just isn't it for me. Am I alone or off-base in feeling this way right now?

What's the best browser? I've been using Chrome for a while and don't mind it at all but figure it's time to see if I like something better.

Who's winning the week so far? Google or OpenAI?

What's something that you wish AI could automate but you haven't figured out how to do it yet?

YouTube comments baffle me. I make videos talking about the cool stuff I’m impressed by from OpenAI and ALL the comments are about how OpenAI and Sam are the devil. I make a video pointing out concerns around OpenAI and ALL the comments are from people who think Sam is a god and can do no wrong. 🤷‍♂️

Going to ramble for a minute here. Feel free to ignore. I've been having a real creative block lately when it comes to YouTube. I love making my Friday News breakdown videos where I share everything that happened in the week in a single video. No plans to stop making those. Outside of those videos, I want to produce more but just haven't had a lot of great ideas. I could do what most other YouTubers (focused on AI) do and rush out a new video every time there's a new announcement. But there's just too many announcements lately and when people rush, they often share inaccurate info. I won't name names but I've seen a lot of videos on YouTube that are rushed out as soon as an announcement happens that share inaccurate information. I want to prioritize accuracy over speed. Besides, I did a poll on YouTube and people seem to prefer all the news bundled into a single weekly video anyway. I want to differentiate from all the other channels that share all the news. News videos have become a commodity. When a new LLM is released, you'll quickly find 15 videos within the first hour of the announcement. I'm burnt out by that game and trying to race people to be one of the first. Friday news roundups allow me to really process all the news and share accurate info about what's going on. My channel was originally built on tutorials and news roundups and that's what I want to get back to. Unfortunately, I just have this mental block where I'm so close to everything that's happening that I struggle to determine what tutorials or guides people will actually find valuable. So, instead of making videos during the week, I procrastinate by "vibe coding." I ask AI for suggestions but it hasn't been great at that still. It's great for helping with title and thumbnail ideas and giving me outlines for videos once I have a concept but it's still not great at giving me concepts that I actually want to make or that I feel would be valuable. Anyway... Just a little ramble about why I haven't been posting as much lately. Feel free to share feedback or insights. I wanted to share this publicly because I know a lot of creators go through this struggle and it's not unique to you or me. We all have these peaks and troughs. I've been a full-time content creator for 16-years now. I quit my day job back in 2009 and haven't looked back since... And to this day, even with AI, I still haven't figured out how to overcome the creative blocks that hit me from time to time. I'm always open to advice and ideas though. Sorry for the public rant. I find that putting these types of things into the world helps others see that these problems are pretty universal... And it usually leads to some amazing ideas from people that might read it.

Seriously... Who's idea was this?