i got my first taste of working with ai in 2021 at @vibekanban. i started my first company just before chatgpt launched in 2022. i've been hugging the frontier as closely as possible ever since and can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that 2025 has been the most interesting year yet.

to capture the sheer absurdity of where we are as a species birthing this new form of intelligence, i wrote up a short 'state of play' post here: https://ashprabaker.com/state-of-play

(this format has been shamelessly ripped off from one of the (many) more talented coworkers at anthropic)