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"SF is a deep meritocracy. people don't really care how much money you have or care where you went to school" - Celeste Amadon "they care about how smart and capable you are" "i think these men that come to SF, a lot of them do make it and pour 100% of their life into it" "but that means they come up for air in their 30s and they don't have the friend groups and haven't dated as much" "that's a tough spot to be in"
atlas1,343,001 views • 22 days ago
i caught up with Celeste Amadon to chat about a few things SF dating: - single until series B - the state of dating apps - men in SF i was also put on the spot with how i used to date (trick question i was terrified) 02:35 - SF dating vibes in 2026 and single until series B 06:11 - Can you cold approach at the gym 11:10 - The state of dating apps 14:50 - Matchmakers in SF 17:10 - The male eligibility problem in SF 21:07 - 7 Girls of SF and Madison Kanna shoutout 22:43 - Sina reaction 24:31 - alli reaction 25:01 - Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 reaction and dating events 28:15 - What would I suggest for the men of SF 34:12 - Is SF dating really that bad? 41:27 - “paula” reaction 44:30 - Best places to meet your wife/husband in SF 47:58 - What is a pre-date? 50:38 - Pitching a friend
atlas402,809 views • 1 month ago
i turned signüll into a giant gray blob and took him to dolores park so we could have some takes. we covered: - why AI writing is good actually - why AI design is good actually - dating discourse is this the worst set of topics ever? 00:00 - The kinds of people that come on MOTS? 00:55 - Are email jobs actually fake? 04:03 - The actual American dream and ads on data centers 08:40 - There is data for every narrative ever 12:00 - Unpaid ads except they’re podcasts 18:45 - AI-generated writing and design is good actually 27:28 - Luke Igel and Kino shoutout again 32:01 - You can just make things up 35:35 - The pro billionaires march 37:30 - AI SEO and blog slop 42:25 - How do women reject men and how do men reject women?
atlas85,113 views • 8 days ago
i caught up with valentina🌷 and Luke Igel to get a vibe check on SF so far in 2026 and explain why Corgi-posting proliferated across the timeline (i'm sorry). also you might have noticed that MOTS looks somewhat polished?? well luke's product Kino kind of changed my life 00:00 - Vibe check on SF, everyone is nervous 03:13 - The different SF personas 08:04 - The striver problem in 2026 13:49 - Are the non-technicals nervous? 20:45 - The best event in SF so far in 2026 23:20 - maritza lerman yoes reaction 25:18 - is roon fat? 27:00 - Beff (e/acc) reaction 31:15 - People are doing crazy things for SF apartments in 2026 37:21 - Why the Corgi Cafe? 42:29 - sucks reaction 44:35 - Squirtle reaction 45:39 - giatt reaction 46:25 - hope hopes hoping reaction 48:55 - The Corgi Bus 55:48 - Follow Kino
atlas129,272 views • 16 days ago
there has been a lot of discussion of the SF housing crisis on the timeline recently so i brought on Sam D'Amico and Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 to break down how we got here while we cooked some steaks. finally MOTS gets political 00:00 - The SF Sam power rankings and using the Impulse stove 03:00 - Preparing steak 04:07 - Recent history of SF politics 07:48 - The rise of the NIMBY in SF 14:25 - SF Faction breakdown and inclusionary zoning 20:11 - The rise of the YIMBY in SF 24:33 - The progressive overreach in SF 28:23 - The weirdos in SF joined the AI labs 30:30 - It’s hard to know what you’re voting for 34:05 - Mayor Daniel Lurie 35:05 - SF unions 40:10 - The rise of non-profits in SF 45:35 - The board of supervisors and veto power of development
atlas87,953 views • 26 days ago
i got chinese food with Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 and koreanpeptides while we went through the best food in SF for each cuisine. i also put the camera on the lazy Susan so you as a viewer can be one with the chinese food. 00:00 - Sichuan Tasty Restaurant (best Chinese food in SF) 02:32 - My favourite steak and Italian place in SF 04:09 - Does SF have good food? 09:07 - Best dumpling place in SF 11:35 - Best burrito in SF 13:28 - Best tacos in SF 14:20 - Best Italian in SF 20:08 - Izakaya in SF 21:33- Omakase in SF 23:26 - Best Thai in SF 25:53 - Best Vietnamese in SF 31:49 - Best Nepalese in SF 34:30 - Deva Hazarika and “paula” shoutouts 35:50 - Best low stakes date spot in SF 42:55 - Best high stakes date spot in SF 45:00 - Yums per dollar
atlas205,052 views • 2 months ago
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on today's episode of Swole as a Service i took ThePrimeagen and teej dv 🔭 through a back and biceps workout while we talked about some AI bubble stuff. prime had also been training for max pushups in 60 seconds so he does pretty well (form questionable). TJ had been training to do one (1) pull up. 01:05 Bent-Over Barbell Rows / Is college worth it in the AI era? 02:26 Pull-Ups / What's the most misleading AI metric? 04:22 Barbell Bicep Curls / How much AI should you actually use? 05:12 CHESTMAXXER CHALLENGE
atlas59,963 views • 24 days ago
no one asked and i delivered. here are my thoughts on the current state of tech media while i take a bubble bath and risk destroying my fully specced out macbook forever. i also read some fan mail. 00:00 - “New Media” should be “Corporate Media” 01:45 - The different types of Tech Media 04:05 - Founders Fund Mafia reaction 06:28 - Dylan Abruscato reaction 11:32 - Edge > format 15:25 - Clip driven growth 20:05 - Theo - t3.gg reaction 23:00 - The audience for tech media is small 26:24 - jasmine sun reaction and personal style > polish 28:10 - Ti Morse reaction 31:35 - MOTS fan mail 32:08 - luffy reaction 33:29 - Squirtle reaction 35:10 - hope hopes hoping reaction 36:12 - peepeepoopoo shoutout
atlas132,735 views • 2 months ago
SF is nothing without its people so i brought on some of the greatest in Kylie Robison and Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼. we covered: - the different groups you can find in SF - the different kinds of events worth going to - groups working to make SF better - why we love SF (controversial) 01:36 - 7 Girls of SF 03:18 - Sam D'Amico BBQs 04:14 - Madison Kanna reaction 05:41 - Kate Deyneka reaction 06:08 - tao te chic reaction 07:15 - Larkin, Gays, Rationalists and Hippies 13:05 - Why we lost the old Oakland warehouse rave punk scene 18:21 - SF events (shoutout to Chairman Birb Bernanke) 23:55 - MOTS events 26:50 - What the SF party scene needs more of and bridging the artists and tech people 34:20 - Why it is actually so hard to bridge art and tech 39:45 - Groups making SF better, Hamilton Society, SF10x, GrowSF 41:30 - will o’brien reaction 43:16 - lilly sharples reaction 45:15 - Shoutout Garry Tan and GrowSF 51:10 - Why we love SF in 2026
atlas187,084 views • 3 months ago
i took Dr. Mike Israetel to the park to see the dogs and talk about classic san francisco topics such as: - the permanent underclass - artificial intelligence - human enhancement and peptides everybody has been waiting to hear what the bodybuilders have to say about all this. 00:00 - San Francisco and the permanent underclass 06:00 - Is the permanent underclass discussed outside of SF? 10:35 - Mike’s AI timelines and the future of work 19:50 - Timelines on robot workers 24:20 - The three phases of AI progress 32:20 - Dogs and Ads 34:57 - UBI and when society won’t have to worry about capital 38:58 - Humans won’t need much in the singularity 42:55 - Human self-improvement is the next major category 52:05 - Martin Shkreli shoutout and the future of medicine 1:00:19 - Beff (e/acc) shoutout and why machines won’t turn on us 1:09:35 - AI alignment is important and the Mythos moment
atlas69,312 views • 1 month ago
on today's episode of Swole as a Service i brought my good friend Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis to the gym to do a push workout while answering a pretty simple question: - can china beat the US at AI? anyway what people really want to see is how many pushups dylan can do in 60 seconds so we did that too... 01:08 - Warm up / What does SemiAnalysis actually do? 02:21 - Flat dumbbell chest press / Open source vs. closed source models 05:10 - Seated dumbbell shoulder press / IP theft in the AI race 08:30 - Leg press / Playing out Taiwan scenarios 12:37 - Chestmaxxer challenge / Can China beat the US at AI?
atlas161,289 views • 3 months ago
i had both valentina🌷 and Nicole Summer Hsing over for some tea and to discuss different social interactions you might experience in San Francisco. we broke them down into four main categories: - networking - parties - confrontation - dating 00:00 - valentina🌷 cold open 03:56 - networking events 07:35 - talking the book 09:12 - reaction 12:15 - alli reaction + is it a date or is it networking? 15:25 - Beff (e/acc) reaction + upside to SF networking 20:52 - SF parties 22:30 - taking dates to SF parties 28:58 - Miranda Nover reaction 29:45 - valentina🌷 reaction + latino parties 31:41 - another alli reaction <3 32:14 - winny reaction 33:52 - confrontation in SF 42:19 - SF dating 44:29 - Linda Chen reaction + not dating until series B or some shit 48:20 - Tenobrus reaction 50:28 - Cree reaction + the poly thing 54:58 - dating in SF is good actually
atlas205,680 views • 4 months ago
part two of why Celeste Amadon thinks dating in SF is bad: "the men in dallas are looking for women who are sweet, nurturing and someone who will be a good mother" "the men in SF are looking for women as educated as them, as successful as them, diverse in their life experiences and someone who will be a good mother" "i don't think where you went to school should be one of the qualifying questions when you're dating at 35" "but i don't think it's unreasonable and i see why people care about it" "in SF people are looking for more than just a chemistry match and unless it's all of those things (compatibility, lifestyle, intellect, background) then dating isn't lucrative enough for them"
atlas46,246 views • 1 month ago
i met up with Dylan Patel tonight to address the half-repping allegations
atlas45,822 views • 1 month ago
i took Nicole Summer Hsing to some hot pot and we spoke about a few things: - the classic Silicon Valley mould - tech bro hobbies - bridging art and technology restaurant staff hates to see a white boy armed with DJI mics and an iphone 17 pro coming 00:00 - What is the Silicon Valley Mould? 03:35 - Playing musical instruments (Saxophone and Harp) 07:30 - Rock climbing, pickleball and making electronic music 08:34 - Actually, you can do everything 14:14 - Prominent figures that have broken the Silicon Valley mould 16:36 - Non-technicals are now superior 19:13 - Practicing music as a child 22:13 - Why it’s so hard to bridge art and technology 24:44 - Muay Thai and Gym 28:05 - You can’t do your best work with 996 32:20 - Hot yoga and learning how to eat fishballs 35:10 - Making time for stuff that is not AI agents 36:45 - The best anabolic lighting in San Francisco 39:26 - Being unapologetically yourself
atlas116,629 views • 2 months ago
"my guess is that we are three to maybe nine months away from every piece of software we rely on being exploitable by most models, even open weight ones" - Theo - t3.gg "we're about to hit a point where every single hospital, library and local city government and their google accounts are exploitable "by AI" and there is going to be terrible legislation proposed as a result"
atlas175,662 views • 4 months ago
we reacted to Sina's post on how to meet women in SF. "i think the problem is that a lot of men are not super comfortable with approaching women in real life" - Celeste Amadon "60% of young men have never approached a woman in real life to ask them out on a date. that feels right to me" "maybe 1 out of 3 times an approach would land. i don't think a lot of men or women are ready to deal with that type of face to face rejection" "we're a lot less attuned to it (rejection) now"
atlas39,889 views • 1 month ago
the legends at Soon and I have been on a mission to find the most jacked AI researcher and we think that Liam Fedus, co-creator of ChatGPT and co-founder of Periodic Labs might be it. check out the latest episode of Swole as a Service where he totally framemogs me while discussing whether or not AI will replace scientists 00:21 Who is Liam Fedus? 01:21 Lying skull crushers & will AI replace scientists? 03:05 Barbell curls, Jayden’s fitness tips, & why build an AI scientist now? 05:17 Hammer curls & is the singularity imminent? 07:43 Sleds & is the permanent underclass meme real? 08:37 Chestmaxxer Challenge & why hasn’t AI cured all diseases?
atlas160,341 views • 4 months ago