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Hope and Fear: the New Industrial Revolution of Generative AI is here

The second Industrial Revolution is coming, and it will be powered by generative AI. The potential benefits are huge, but so is the peril.

11 min readMay 16, 2023

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An allegorical image of Captain Swing, the leader of the anti-industrial resistance

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Richard W. DeVaul

queer innovation

Long before I realize that I was queer, Alan Turing was my hero. Turing is known today as a larger-than-life figure who fought Nazis with…

4 min readJun 2, 2021

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queer innovation

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Richard W. DeVaul

Want innovation? You need healthy conflict

Conflict isn’t a problem, conflict avoidance is. Learn how fostering positive conflict can improve team safety and drive innovation.

7 min readMay 3, 2021

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Want innovation? You need healthy conflict

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Richard W. DeVaul

Want innovation? Forget invention, learn to execute

Innovation is not about invention. Learn how great design plus an execution focus can supercharge your innovation process

5 min readApr 14, 2021

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Want innovation? Forget invention, learn to execute

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why you should focus early: expense vs. optionality

wisdom from Apple: why focusing early provides maximum influence over product outcomes at minimum cost

2 min readApr 7, 2021

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a chart showing two crossing curves vs time: exponentially decaying influence over outcomes, exponentially rising costs

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Richard W. DeVaul

Don’t Stack Moonshots

When doing #innovation, don’t stack #moonshots. It’s hard enough to get a single-stage rocket off the ground.

2 min readApr 2, 2021

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Don’t Stack Moonshots

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Richard W. DeVaul

Corporations have printed money for years. Why can’t we?

a proposal for the creation of a locally-issued, UBI-supporting currency to build a more robust and humane economy

13 min readJan 28, 2021

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Simplified schematic of the circulation of the LUD in the local economy

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Deepfakes mean the end of shared reality, and nobody is ready

how an obscure AI technique will rewrite history, alter our personal memories, and threatens democratic institutions and reality itself

12 min readJan 28, 2020

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Schematic diagram of generative adversarial network, depicting inputs and outputs

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Want innovation? Get designers, not inventors

Focusing on invention? You are doing it wrong. Find out why design, and not invention, is the key to successful innovation.

8 min readNov 22, 2019

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Want innovation? Get designers, not inventors

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Richard W. DeVaul

The Seven Perils of Innovation

Common failure modes that doom early-stage innovation efforts in startups and corporate research labs.

12 min readMay 21, 2019

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The Seven Perils of Innovation

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Richard W. DeVaul

Richard W. DeVaul

Founder, mad scientist, moonshot launcher. Writes on innovation, entrepreneurship, and social/queer issues. ex-CTO of Google X. @rdevaul on twitter

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