https://preview.redd.it/8kymmvf3583h1.png?width=1346&format=png&auto=webp&s=4870f214bbede5b5937f9d14a91304f3910ef0ac So Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of a16z, was on Joe Rogan’s podcast recently (The Verge covered it) and he basically choked when asked to explain what AI is actually good for. He actually started the whole thing off by trashing other tech executives, saying they do a terrible job explaining new technology to the public. But then Rogan put him on the spot and asked him to name the actual benefits himself, and the guy just couldn’t give a straight answer. It’s wild because his venture firm has literally poured billions of dollars into the AI sector, and he’s the same guy who wrote that famous “techno-optimist manifesto” back in 2023. When he was pressed for an answer, he started comparing AI to historical alchemy and Isaac Newton trying to turn lead into gold, calling it an analogy for turning silicon into thinking. Later on he just said AI is “thinking at scale, for everyone, forever” to help people solve hard problems. But analysts are already pointing out that because computing power is so incredibly expensive, free access to this stuff isn’t going to last anyway. When one of the top investment guys in tech struggles to articulate any kind of practical or economic utility, it really highlights the broader skepticism happening right now. Everyone is dumping massive financial resources into these AI projects, but nobody is really sure if it’s going to yield real-world productivity or actual returns. Source: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/marc-andreessen-sputters-ai-benefits submitted by /u/andrewaltair
Originally posted by u/andrewaltair on r/ArtificialInteligence