An open letter to Gary Vee

Yo Gary!

Hype doesn’t build systems.
Energy doesn’t make architecture.
Passion doesn’t produce compliance, provenance or ethics at machine scale.

That's why I ssh into Terminal and grep for data, not distraction. Because ranting accomplishes nothing.

I’m not saying you aren’t smart or successful. You are. I’m just saying you’re emblematic of a culture that confuses noise with depth — that treats AI as bogeyman instead of the technological shift it is.

The world is sitting on more capital, data and processing power than ever — and yet, nothing worthwhile to build with it. Until now.

That’s why I have filed a 13 patents for AI.

Because that’s what you do when you stop ranting and start building.

It’s what happens when you treat AI not as a toy or threat, but as an engineering problem worth solving.

Think of it as a LAMP stack — the technology that powered Facebook and connected more people than any invention in human history. My inventions are a human-centric LAMP stack for AI. And because they make AI safe, they are like SSL for AI.

Granted, yours is bigger than mine. And by “yours” I mean your audience. Your 5,826,603 followers dwarf my tribe.

But my followers can execute from command line. People like Jay Small, John Stackpole, Pursharth Ahuja, Sudeep Goyal and Paul Norton.

And designers, editors, executives and engineers. Who. Get. Shit. Done.

Gary, we’re both Jersey boys. We both know Exit 22. But there’s a big difference between Exit 22 and Port 22. You have access to millions; I have access to .htaccess.

I know you define yourself by “hustle.” But hustle cuts two ways — you’re either working your ass off, or losing your ass. That’s what happens in this scene from “American Hustle” — about a con in — where else? New Jersey. So what do you mean by “Hustle?” I dunno. I just like this movie:

In 1998, you turned your father’s $2 million liquor store into a $60 million online wine shop. But what have you done in this century —are you a wunderkind or a one-trick pony?

F. Scott Fitzgerald said there are no second acts in American lives. So, Gary — what’s your Act II? Or is it all just an act?

But I don’t wanna punch down. That’s not funny. And this is serious business. AI can make the world a better place or it can be our undoing.

I feel like Mackenzie McHale to your Will McAvory. Gary, with my insights and your energy, we can use AI to make the world a better place and eliminate the slop. Together. Right now.

So, c'mon. It will be fun ;)