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Meet Starboy, the alien toy that hates being called AI

Meet Starboy, the alien toy that hates being called AI

Sources with Alex Heath vor 5 Monaten

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Alex and Ellis talk about Alex’s visit to Anthropic’s headquarters
as Claude downloads surge and the company faces growing scrutiny
over its stance on government AI use. They discuss AI culture
inside the labs, image generation experiments with Claude, and why
some companies are betting that coding—not multimodal—is the
fastest path to AGI.

Then they’re joined by Daniel Kuntz, the creator of Starboy, a tiny
AI-powered creature designed to hang off your bag like a charm.
They talk about why he chose to build a toy instead of another
productivity tool, the idea of “hardware as art,” and why he thinks
Silicon Valley has forgotten how to make fun products. They also
discuss designing Starboy with former Disney animators, why it
doesn’t connect to your phone, the influence of fashion and
collectibles, and his belief that AI companions and productivity
gadgets are heading in the wrong direction.

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