@jakevancliefJake Van Clief

Expanding our minds, our perceptions and even our economics. Welcome.

card updated Nov 8, 2026 · 12 clips parsed · following 890 · 1,800,000 likes total

Engagement5.19%normal range

Account summary

@jakevanclief has 49,500 followers and 571 videos. Across the 12 parsed clips the average is 45,842 views and 1,998 likes. Engagement to views is 5.19%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−1.94 pp). Posts roughly 0.5 times a week. An average clip reaches 93% of the follower count.

Followers

49.5K

+9.4K in period

Engagement

5.19%

−1.94 pp newer half

Average views

45.8K

median 2.3K

Likes per clip

55 comments avg

Shares / saves

325 / 1.6K

3.41% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.5 / wk

reach 93% of followers

Latest clips

12 collected

Why did Steve Jobs pick the word bicycle? In a 1990 documentary he cal — @jakevanclief

2.7K1:05Why did Steve Jobs pick the word bicycle? In a 1990 documentary he called the computer "the equivalent of a bicycle for 662125

Word processors didn't exist in 1962. Douglas Engelbart described one — @jakevanclief

2.4K1:28Word processors didn't exist in 1962. Douglas Engelbart described one anyway. He pictured a "writing machine," a fast el601616

A program has three parts, and AI is only one of them. Instructions, s — @jakevanclief

1.7K1:31A program has three parts, and AI is only one of them. Instructions, something that runs them, and the state that's left482012

2K2:06it's just thoughts bro 899731

What if the A in AI stood for amplified? Calling it amplified intellig — @jakevanclief

1.6K0:58What if the A in AI stood for amplified? Calling it amplified intelligence keeps the thinking with us. In his 1962 repor561215

Three years ago AI couldn't "check my email." What changed? "Check my — @jakevanclief

1.7K1:27Three years ago AI couldn't "check my email." What changed? "Check my email" is a program being run, and the part of it 462118

How do you know a tree stump could be a chair? It comes down to langua — @jakevanclief

1.5K1:29How do you know a tree stump could be a chair? It comes down to language. In 1962 Douglas Engelbart listed it as one of 31127

Why does AI writing never quite sound like you? Every message you send — @jakevanclief

2.2K1:11Why does AI writing never quite sound like you? Every message you send a model carries four things: a goal, a constraint801528

What actually happens when you double-click a folder? Hundreds of thou — @jakevanclief

8.3K1:29What actually happens when you double-click a folder? Hundreds of thousands of lines of code run on your computer to tra3057654

The world is ending. You've got a laptop and a solar panel, and you ca — @jakevanclief

10.8K4:35The world is ending. You've got a laptop and a solar panel, and you can keep all of Wikipedia or an AI model trained on 452413996

People are wasting their time building AI agents. A model on its own n — @jakevanclief

445.8K4:17People are wasting their time building AI agents. A model on its own needs context to be useful: prompts and instruction19.3K4993.2K15K

69.4K2:27Instagram saw at first!3.4K916663.4K

Engagement per clip

12 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 6.0% ER

May 7Oct 27Oct 31

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Oct 31, 2026	2,734	66	2	1	25	2.52%
Oct 30, 2026	2,416	60	1	6	16	2.77%
Oct 29, 2026	1,696	48	2	0	12	2.95%
Oct 29, 2026	2,002	89	9	7	31	5.24%
Oct 28, 2026	1,561	56	1	2	15	3.78%
Oct 27, 2026	1,716	46	2	1	18	2.86%
Oct 26, 2026	1,452	31	1	2	7	2.34%
Oct 25, 2026	2,198	80	1	5	28	3.91%
Oct 24, 2026	8,332	305	7	6	54	3.82%
Oct 23, 2026	10,800	452	41	39	96	4.93%
Oct 22, 2026	445,800	19,300	499	3,161	15,012	5.15%
May 7, 2026	69,400	3,440	91	666	3,418	6.05%