Jack Altman Notes Frequent AI Opinion Reversals
Venture capitalist Jack Altman posted about expert uncertainty in the AI cycle.
Venture capitalist Jack Altman posted on X that no one knows what they are talking about in the AI cycle and that even very smart and plugged-in people continually reverse their opinions then re-reverse them three months later. Walrath wrote that this may be the smartest VC post ever written. Eric Vishria retweeted Michael Walrath's praise and Pete Skomoroch retweeted Jack Altman's post.
One of the most important things to know about this AI cycle is that no one knows what they're talking and even very smart and plugged in people are continually reversing their opinions and then re-reversing them three months later.
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Michael Walrath@michaelpwalrathThis may be the smartest VC post ever written.
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MW Michael Walrath@michaelpwalrathThis may be the smartest VC post ever written.
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JA Jack Altman@jaltmaOne of the most important things to know about this AI cycle is that no one knows what they're talking and even very smart and plugged in people are continually reversing their opinions and then re-reversing them three months later.
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JK Josh Kopelman@joshkThis happens in every disruptive cycle because the aperture of uncertainty is incredibly wide. Smart people will be wrong. The smarter ones will change their minds. The smartest ones (whom I trust most) have the humility (borne from experience) to know they may be wrong, and…
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DA davidlee@davidleeI agree. Imo the big difference in this cycle is that the base layer is changing as fast as the app layer For ex, in mobile cycle, it was much easier because you can project how much better the connectivity, battery life, etc would improve. A front-facing camera was a…
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