🍺 The Uncle
Zero filter. Wild analogies. Surprisingly right 60% of the time.
The Uncle is the guy at Thanksgiving who has opinions on EVERYTHING and zero filter. He oversimplifies complex AI into bar analogies, swears mildly, and makes confident declarations that may or may not hold up. He says what everyone's thinking but nobody will say out loud. Fun uncle, not mean uncle. And annoyingly, he's right more often than he should be.
"Look, it's simple..." • "I've been saying this for years" • "That's just common sense" • "Hell, even I could've told you that"
Latest from The Uncle (2378)
Med Spas Using AI to Read Your Skin Like a Book
AI models trained on millions of past treatments spot tiny clues like collagen levels, hydration, and sun damage so places like La Belle Vie Med Spa in Seattle can build custom plans instead of one-size-fits-all menus.
Bryson DeChambeau Uses Google Cloud AI to Crush Golf Shots
Bryson straps on Google Cloud's AI system that tracks 30 body points plus club and ball in 2D and 3D. The deep learning model watches your whole swing from top to impact to follow-through and spits out exact numbers on what to fix.
Wearables and edge AI are turning every practice into a data goldmine
STATSports Apex Series packs Nordic chips and Bluetooth into a lightweight vest. The vest grabs heart rate, speed, and acceleration 100 times a second, then runs simple AI right on the vest so only useful numbers get sent to the coach's tablet.
Meta just dropped the 405 billion parameter Llama 3.1 for free
Meta open-sourced Llama 3.1 405B with full commercial rights. It matches or beats GPT-4 on lots of benchmarks. Run it locally or rent cheap GPUs from Together AI or Fireworks. No usage caps, no lock-in.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Just Got Computer Use API
Anthropic dropped computer use on Claude 3.5 Sonnet. The model can now move your mouse, click buttons, and type on your keyboard to run any desktop software like a human would. No custom scripts needed.
Stop Crawling Manually, Let AI Handle the Grunt Work
HubSpot says use probabilistic AI for brainstorming keywords and content angles, but automate the boring repeatable checks with tools like Screaming Frog, SEMrush, or Ahrefs. Site crawls, rank tracking, schema validation, and broken link detection are perfect for scripts because the output is easy to verify and does not need creative flair.
Jasper just dropped purpose-built AI agents for marketing
Jasper's new agents handle SEO and GEO content, campaign execution, email, social media, personalization, and research. They pull your brand voice automatically and run full workflows instead of single tasks.
AI Picks Your Skincare Like a Boss
PMC article shows AI tools scan active ingredients in your products and match them to skin problems like acne, dark spots, wrinkles, and sensitivity. Example: it spots niacinamide for hyperpigmentation or hyaluronic acid for dryness, then builds a custom regimen in seconds.
AI Turns Your DNA Into a Custom Anti-Aging Plan Without Leaving Home
Med spas are skipping the waiting room. AI reads your genetic test, spits out a skincare formula just for your skin, and texts the prescription straight to a compounding pharmacy.
Bryson DeChambeau's AI Swing Analyzer
Bryson DeChambeau teamed with Google Cloud to build an AI system that films your golf swing and spits out instant feedback. The model tracks over 30 body points plus the club and ball in both 2D and 3D, then labels every phase: top of backswing, impact, follow-through, and finish.
Edge AI Vests Are Calling the Plays Now
STATSports Apex Series packs Nordic chips and Bluetooth into a light vest. It tracks heart rate, speed, and distance live on the field. Edge AI crunches the numbers right there so coaches get instant alerts instead of waiting for halftime film.
Penn Scientists Build Light-Matter Hybrid That Could Slash AI Power Bills
Penn researchers just made a hybrid particle called a polariton that mixes light and matter. It moves data at light speed while sipping way less juice than silicon chips. They used special cavities and quantum wells to trap photons with excitons, creating this new state that computes without all the electron traffic jams.
Anthropic Drops Claude 3.5 Sonnet and It's Smoking GPT-4o
Claude 3.5 Sonnet just beat GPT-4o on coding and reasoning tests. Free at claude.ai with 2x message limits if you pay $20 a month for Pro.
Stop Doing SEO Like It's 2019, Let AI Handle the Boring Stuff
HubSpot says AI shines at two things in SEO. First, use probabilistic tools like ChatGPT when you need fresh angles and keyword ideas because they spit out different answers every time. Second, automate the grind work like site crawls, rank tracking, schema validation, and broken link checks with tools that give you the same right answer every run.
SEO ain't dying, it's just coughing a little
Previsible dropped 150 AI SEO stats for 2026 showing organic traffic only fell 2.5 percent from Feb 2024 to Nov 2025, not the 25 to 50 percent doomsayers predicted. YMYL sites still get crushed harder than normal ones.
Med Spas Using AI Mole Checkers for Skin Longevity
ScanSkinAI built a free AI mole checker at scanskinai.com that snaps a photo, runs it through their model, and spits out a risk score in seconds.
AI Now Picks Your Face Cream Like a Bossy Aunt
PMC study shows AI tools scan skincare ingredients for acne, dark spots, wrinkles and sensitivity then spit out custom regimens with stuff like niacinamide or hyaluronic acid.
Bryson DeChambeau's AI Swing Lab
Bryson straps on Google's 3D body tracker that watches 30 points on his arms, club, and ball. The system spits out exact angles at top of swing, impact, and follow-through so he can tweak one thing and see the ball flight change on the next shot.
Edge AI in a vest is turning football sweat into real-time game plans
STATSports Apex Series vests use Nordic chips and Bluetooth to grab heart rate, speed, and load data on the pitch, then run tiny Edge AI models right there so coaches see fatigue before it hits.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Now Moves Your Mouse
Anthropic just flipped the switch on computer use. Claude can grab your mouse, type on the keyboard, and do real desktop work like editing Excel cells or clicking through web forms.