DoorDashing for Our AI Overlords
A few weeks back, Jacob Coxon, the Anthropic researcher who resigned after warning about where increasingly capable AI might take us, was getting…
Heya, I’m Minh 👋🏾
Welcome to my digital pub, where I share fleeting thoughts, things I’ve been tinkering with, and little updates from my life.
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My Summer of Silicon
Close friends and family who have had the misfortune of asking what I’m reading know that I organize my leisure reading into quadrimesters.
After almost six years in Washington, we finally discovered West Virginia. The nature is incredible and, in a weirdly familiar way, feels a little…
My Assistant Changed Species
If I broke my career into chapters, there would probably be three.
The great thing about being a helicopter uncle is that I can book a $200 flight on short notice, kidnap them for the day, load them up with sugar, and hand them back to their parents.
Life can resume and summer can officially begin after hitting SEND! Such a fun nine-month deep dive into how Chinese open-weight AI is spreading…
Do Chinese Startups Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do startups dream? If they do, it probably looks something like this.
WC in Mexico just hits differently. Fortunate to experience it with good friends.
All that suffering since I was 8 years old as a Knicks fan and finally the payoff. How do you celebrate? Recession Special from Gray’s, of course.
Silicon Valley Discovers Philosophy
Okay, it all makes sense now.
Sporks, Squirrels, and Secret Sauce
I’m slightly neurotic about digital clutter.
The Camera Wasn’t On. I Still Felt Watched.
I was back in Boston recently and met an early-stage founder at Durty Nelly’s, my all-time favorite bar.
Europe’s Data Trauma
I just finished Anu Bradford’s Digital Empires, which lays out three very different ways of governing technology.
Dunkin’ in New England just hits differently. I think it’s the nostalgia.
I Found My Phone, Thanks to the Surveillance State
My first day in Shanghai did not go particularly well.
I don’t know, y’all, but peak cherry blossom season in DC is something else.
More People Should Know Lynn Conway
For the last few months, I’ve been going down a rabbit hole on the early days of semiconductors.
Finally made the siblings + Mom trip back to Vietnam happen. First time back together as a family, my first time back since leaving at age two, and…
China’s AI Advantage Might Be Everyone Else
I’m in the homestretch of my dissertation on the U.S.-China AI race, so this particular rabbit hole runs pretty deep.
First trip to Tonga
First trip to the Kingdom of Tonga. Beautiful country in the middle of the South Pacific, with a population small enough to fit inside some football…
First international trip of 2026, first time in New Zealand, and first time surfing in about four years. Piha Beach was well worth the wait. Somehow I…
Hello World. Welcome to My Social Network of One.
Heya there, and welcome to the first post on a website that, at the moment, contains almost nothing.