An a16z general partner cites what he describes as record job postings and roughly 20 relevant competitors in each layer of the AI stack, contrasting that competition with a more centralized previous tech era.
An a16z general partner calls the AI-era “permanent underclass” narrative a “dark fantasy.” In remarks shared by the firm, he argues that widely distributed opportunities, competition across the AI stack and record job postings point against it. He also distinguishes using new technology to improve a process from recursive self-improvement, which he says could produce a runaway winner. His contention is that the former—not true recursive self-improvement—is happening.
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An a16z general partner cites what he describes as record job postings and roughly 20 relevant competitors in each layer of the AI stack, contrasting that competition with a more centralized previous tech era.
An a16z general partner calls the AI-era “permanent underclass” narrative a “dark fantasy.” In remarks shared by the firm, he argues that widely distributed opportunities, competition across the AI stack and record job postings point against it. He also distinguishes using new technology to improve a process from recursive self-improvement, which he says could produce a runaway winner. His contention is that the former—not true recursive self-improvement—is happening.
a16z@a16za16z's Anish Acharya on the AI era's "permanent underclass" and the reasons he doesn't buy it: "It's a funny dark fantasy that we seem to have as Silicon Valley collectively. Things have never been better, really by almost every measure." "By how distributed all the…
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a16z@a16za16z's Anish Acharya on the AI era's "permanent underclass" and the reasons he doesn't buy it: "It's a funny dark fantasy that we seem to have as Silicon Valley collectively. Things have never been better, really by almost every measure." "By how distributed all the…
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