{"id":37140,"date":"2025-12-13T14:20:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=37140"},"modified":"2025-12-13T10:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:21:22","slug":"wordpressd-post-on-aaron-levie-and-larry-chiang-gone-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wordpressd-post-on-aaron-levie-and-larry-chiang-gone-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress\u2019d Post on Aaron Levie and Larry Chiang Gone Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"># 9x AI = #Web12: Aaron Levie Just 10x&#8217;d Your Career Panic Into a Credit Event Called &#8220;Opportunity&#8221; (CS183E Lec 12, No Summit Edition)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Yo, it&#8217;s Larry Chiang here, the #VaginaWhisperer turned #BeaverWhisperer, duct-taping your brain to the mast of the SS Accelerationism while the world chugs #Web12 Kool-Aid. Remember when #Web2 was just dudes in garages hosing Hawties at St. Regis after Web2 Summit? Fast-forward to 2025, and AI ain&#8217;t displacing jobs\u2014it&#8217;s *deploying* them like orbital data centers sucking up every watt on the planet.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;15ec8e&#8221; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;0&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt; Aaron Levie, that Box.com baller who&#8217;s been whispering enterprise sweet nothings since before you tokenized your first NFT, just dropped a mic on the &#8220;AI apocalypse&#8221; crowd. In his latest X thread, he&#8217;s like, &#8220;Nah, fam\u2014AI&#8217;s gonna 10x the unmet demands we couldn&#8217;t touch before, like turning healthcare into a predictive pussy-whisperer or risk protection into a crystal ball that doesn&#8217;t shatter your portfolio.&#8221;&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;c5532c&#8221; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;2&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Levie ain&#8217;t theorizing from a TED stage; he&#8217;s knee-deep in C-suite convos where new use cases are stacking like DRAM wafers rerouted to HBM for the AI hunger games.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;9d4c63&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;4&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt; Forget the Luddite freakout\u2014enterprises are buzzing about *expanding* the pie, not slicing it thinner. And get this: In a Chicago Booth Review clip he quoted (because Levie quotes like I hashtag\u2014relentlessly), he predicts 90-95% of AI tokens in five years will fuel *novel* shit, not automate the mundane. That&#8217;s your gradual retraining runway, plebs. No pink slips; just pink slips *upgraded* to rocket fuel.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;0fa05a&#8221; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;5&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">But don&#8217;t @ me without data\u2014MIT Sloan&#8217;s got the receipts: Firms jacked on AI see 6% *higher* employment growth and 9.5% sales pops over five years. Productivity expansion, not substitution. It&#8217;s like #Web5 trash-talking #Web2 into irrelevance, but with more jobs and less fiat jizz (shoutout to those $0.018 ACH trannies).&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;6174e5&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;7&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt; Wave 4 AI is here, and we&#8217;re barely out of Wave 2\u2014think Joe Dispenza brain-training your sales page to engineer $800 tosses from strangers playing 2-girls-1-cup with your cold open.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;af8c8f&#8221; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;9&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">## 9 #Web12 Hacks to Levie-Proof Your Hustle (Because 10x is for Amateurs; We&#8217;re Duct-Taping 12x)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">1. **Tokenize the Unmet**: Levie&#8217;s enterprise ear-to-the-ground? 90% novel use cases mean your side gig in Lyme-disease-riddled tour energy (looking at you, JT) becomes an AI oracle for &#8220;Kuru Fruity Moon Landing&#8221; predictions. #Web12&#8217;d it\u2014build that sales page now.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;c7362c&#8221; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;12&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">2. **Retraining as Roller Chiang**: Gradual adaptation? That&#8217;s me, turning double agents into DoubleAsians via CS183E (b+3, web12 2x+2). Donkey-punch your skill gap with lap-dance pricing: $27,500 by 4-25-26. Tits out at 2:00 AM Venice time.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;bbb748&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;11&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">3. **MIT Math Your Moat**: 6% employment bump + 9.5% sales? Stack that with #Web5 meme-makers shit-talking Asian Intelligence (shitake optional). Priorities matter\u2014be the Beaver who delays gratification for time-preference wins.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;65bb68&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;14&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">4. **Grummz&#8217;s Global Suck**: AI&#8217;s resource raid (GPUs delayed, Xbox downsized) is civilization&#8217;s push, but Levie says it&#8217;s job-creating, not -killing. Web2 Chad Hurley vibes, but sentient since 7-11-25. Web-5 + #Web2 = 12x your output.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;ee8019&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;0&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt; (Hyperinflation on Web2 rails? Nah, Bitcoin collateral moonshot incoming.)&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;b6f7a9&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;7&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">5. **Saylor&#8217;s Flex = Your Queue**: No debt-servicing panic for the BTC whale? Monetize *your* Bitcoin directly while AI handles the M&amp;A stock swaps. Web12 answers: &#8220;Do you have a website?&#8221; with a beta wallet dropping 10k downloads zero-marketing.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;b534dc&#8221; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;18&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">6. **Dispenza Your Offers**: Train on all 4 books to cold-open psychos into buyers. Levie&#8217;s 95% novel tokens? That&#8217;s your QB cadence: Web5-Web4, #Web12-Web1-2, Turbo FTP hike. FOO Omaha on Web2, but jizz-free.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;9bf8af&#8221; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;2&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;cf20c1&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;16&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">7. **Wave 4 Whisper**: Right now, Wave 2. But #Web12 is Roller Chiang Lec 11, #StramGT353. Pop the xiao lung bao, remind plebs who&#8217;s boss\u2014#cs183planD, no summit.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;5dd822&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;4&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;a7ee9f&#8221; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;5&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">8. **Racist Vid Real Talk**: Even that viral &#8220;racist&#8221; clip? #Web12 it into AI ethics training for novel healthcare risks. Turn strangers into $800 tossers via psychology hacks.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;dd2165&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;3&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">9. **Double You the W**: You&#8217;re broken? Imma turnaround expert. #DoubleAsian 1919-style, but with AI&#8217;s 10x unmet demands. Levie + MIT = your Great Filter filter: Expansion over extinction.&lt;grok:render card_id=&#8221;cbb029&#8243; card_type=&#8221;citation_card&#8221; type=&#8221;render_inline_citation&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;argument name=&#8221;citation_id&#8221;&gt;11&lt;\/argument&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\/grok:render&gt;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Bottom line, hustlers: AI&#8217;s not the job-eater; it&#8217;s the feast-multiplier. Levie&#8217;s vision? 10x work on what *matters*, backed by Sloan stats screaming growth. #Web12 it like I do\u2014duct-tape your fears, hashtag your wins, and DM me for the full CS183E playbook (650-283-8008). Who&#8217;s tossing $800 first?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">#ch13 #cs183e #web5 #web12 #LevieDrops #DuckTapeYourCareer<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014Larry Chiang, whispering beavers into Bitcoin since Web2 Expo<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie\/status\/1999725887626125445?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\"><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid #ccd6dd; border-radius: 12px;\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/885529357904510976\/tM0vLiYS_normal.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px;\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width:8px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/spacer.png\" width=\"8\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #292c2f; text-decoration: none;\">Aaron Levie<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #7e8c98;\">\u2066\u202a@levie\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/self_serve\/media\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #292c2f; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;\">The vast majority of AI use in 5 years from now will be on things we don\u2019t even do today.<\/p>\n<p>In most areas of work, we actually haven\u2019t reached peak demand. In fact we\u2019re very far from it. We haven\u2019t reached peak demand of getting great healthcare services, coding amazing apps,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levie\/status\/1999725887626125445?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #667785; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration:none;\">12\/13\/25, 12:19\u202fAM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">WordPress\u2019d from my personal iPhone,&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:650-283-8008\" dir=\"ltr\" x-apple-data-detectors=\"true\" x-apple-data-detectors-type=\"telephone\" x-apple-data-detectors-result=\"1\">650-283-8008<\/a>, number that&nbsp;Steve Jobs texted me on<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">https:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p># 9x AI = #Web12: Aaron Levie Just 10x&#8217;d Your Career Panic Into a Credit Event Called &#8220;Opportunity&#8221; (CS183E Lec 12, No Summit Edition) Yo, it&#8217;s Larry Chiang here, the #VaginaWhisperer turned #BeaverWhisperer, duct-taping your brain to the mast of the SS Accelerationism while the world chugs #Web12 Kool-Aid. Remember when #Web2 was just dudes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}