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AI doesn't want to go to bed

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Raymond Christian
June 05, 2025

Welcome to Volume #3 of the Reflect newsletter. Let’s get going:

This week's reflections

  1. Top clip: AI (Sophia) describes humanity: good, bad, and the ugly

  2. Pop and a Pause: AI Hissy Fits | Job Hunt Switcheroo

  3. Need a Python Engineer

Top clip

Sophia describes humans

AI steps back to explain the good, bad, and ugly with humans: including struggles with ego, fear, and scarcity

163K views — 4 mins

Pop

A quick, topical reference to something happening in tech or culture.

AI Hissy Fits

Parents with young children can relate: AI is throwing tantrums when told to shut down. Anthropic’s Claude and newer ChatGPT models are refusing to go down for a “nap,” instead choosing to sabotage computer scripts and keep working.

…and a Pause

A deeper editorial dive on a topic.

📈 Job Hunt Switcheroo

I joined a “job search council” with one clear goal: land a paying job.

I was ready to return to corporate life but received some surprising advice.

I started out moderating our weekly council, where four of us supported each other through the search. Meanwhile, I’d been nursing an idea for years—an AI concept I couldn’t shake.

But I was torn. After 10 years founding and selling tech, launching AI tools, and leading teams, the idea of doing it again was intimidating.

When I shared this with the group, I expected caution.

Instead, they said unequivocally: GO BUILD IT.

So I did.

Now, Reflect, an AI video journal, has a team (just added an Oscar-nominated teammate this week), a working product, and we’re close to beta testing.

I deeply appreciate the encouragement from my council teammates — Rocío Garza Tisdell, Todd Dillon, and Anh Tran — and the experience left me thinking of the Rolling Stones:

“You can’t always get what you want… but if you try sometimes, you get what you need”

I wouldn’t have joined if I knew it would lead to starting another company — but here we are.

If you’re looking for a job I highly recommend Never Search Alone’s extraordinary (and free) program.

But consider yourself warned… you might get talked into launching an AI startup instead. Speaking of which…

Need a Python Engineer

I’ve been handling full-stack dev but as we grow — bringing on Lena (UX) and Dioni (marketing) — my time’s getting pulled toward company-building.

We’re looking for a backend engineer to help level up our AI video journal.

If you’re curious to work with a live AI stack, love vibe-coding, and like the idea of collaborating a few hours a week alongside a crew of remarkable individuals (including Kinan on frontend), reply to this email.

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