All-In E147: TED goes woke, Canada's Nazi blunder, AI adds vision, plus: who owns OpenAI?

Coleman Hughes and TED Controversy

• Coleman Hughes was invited to give a TED talk on colorblindness and race relations
• Despite initial positive reception, TED staff had internal meltdown over the talk's content
• TED required a debate component to release Hughes' talk and allegedly suppressed its promotion
• David Friedberg shared his experience of TED becoming increasingly one-sided on social justice issues over the years
• The group discussed institutional capture from bottom-up vs top-down leadership issues

Canada's Parliament Nazi Incident

• Canadian Parliament gave standing ovation to 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, later revealed as former Nazi SS volunteer
• Speaker Anthony Rota resigned over the incident
• Discussion of broader context of Ukrainian nationalism and historical Nazi connections
• Debate over whether this reflected incompetence or deeper institutional issues

OpenAI Developments

• OpenAI in talks with Jony Ive and Masayoshi Son to raise $1B+ for consumer AI device
• Company discussing secondary share sale valuing it at $80-90B
• New multimodal features allowing voice, image, and text inputs
• Detailed discussion of OpenAI's unique ownership structure and Sacks' theory about Sam Altman's potential control

Future of AI Interfaces

• Discussion of AI becoming new computing kernel/OS
• Potential shift from app-based interfaces to conversational/multimodal interfaces
• References to General Magic's early vision of AI agents
• Integration possibilities with wearables and AR/VR devices

Notable Moments

• Chamath shared personal experiences with racism vs classism
• Discussion of Bill Clinton's famous greeting technique
• Group explored new note-taking technologies and memory aids

The episode provided deep insights into institutional politics, AI development, and the future of human-computer interaction while maintaining the show's characteristic mix of technical analysis and cultural commentary.