David Ferris·Apr 16Where Are All the Robots?This article has been 100% written by a human (except the above photo).
David Ferris·Dec 6, 2025Font Detection: Benchmarking VLMs & Training a Simple ModelHave you ever looked at a graphic design and wondered, “What font is that?” On the web, we have the benefit of inspecting elements…
David Ferris·Oct 20, 2025Three Notes from AfricaI just returned from a few weeks in South Africa and Zambia. The richness in culture, wildlife, scenery, food, history and people was…
David Ferris·Jul 2, 2025Slop, Addiction, & Secular Trends in ContentWhat is the real limit of personalized media?
David Ferris·Jan 12, 20256 AI Realist Predictions for the FutureThis article has been 100% written by a human. The target audience is myself in 2–5 years.A response icon2A response icon2
David Ferris·Dec 20, 2023Can Google Bounce Back?In 2018 I worked at Google in New York City. Back then Larry and Sergey would still run the monthly company all-hands. It was great fun to…
David Ferris·Feb 22, 2023Skin in the Game: Y Combinator versus Creative Destruction LabI have had the unique opportunity to participate in three different startup accelerators: Y Combinator, Creative Destruction Lab, and The…
David Ferris·Nov 13, 2022Tokenized Conflicts of InterestYesterday FTX imploded in a classic “Emperors New Clothes” moment. It appears that they are insolvent and may be sold in a fire sale or…
David Ferris·Oct 19, 2022Taxis, Web3, and a $26,000 FraudThe web3 community is obsessed with decentralization to a fault. They believe every company should be a DAO and every API a protocol. Let…
David Ferris·Dec 15, 2020Why Your Next Survey Might Have A MicrophoneSurveys are broken. We loathe them when they land in our inbox, and if we do manage to complete their long lists of tenuous multiple…
