Adam Leventhal

It really explained your recent Intel suggestions, which was to open source their entire EDA tool chain. Clearly, you were trying to put your thumb on the scale of this prediction from three years ago. I was.

Feels pretty right. I mean, I think that there are certainly the niche hardcore Doomers who are still holding on to it, but I think people are mostly letting go of it. I agree.

Feels pretty right. I mean, I think that there are certainly the niche hardcore Doomers who are still holding on to it, but I think people are mostly letting go of it. I agree.

nothing really stood out. Uh, Ben wanted, uh, to get credit for predicting a significant portion of the commercial office space was converted to housing. Uh, it depends on what you call significant, but we'll give it to you. Right. It's if it's significant to you, you know, that's right.

nothing really stood out. Uh, Ben wanted, uh, to get credit for predicting a significant portion of the commercial office space was converted to housing. Uh, it depends on what you call significant, but we'll give it to you. Right. It's if it's significant to you, you know, that's right.

Yeah. I mean, it was, I remember at the, I think it was a year ago or whatever, that I was reading the Watergate, A New History. And folks visiting the Oval Office at the time would say that occasionally Nixon would move to a corner of the office and speak as if into history. Like, so really, really telegraphing that like this was his intention with the recordings. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, it was, I remember at the, I think it was a year ago or whatever, that I was reading the Watergate, A New History. And folks visiting the Oval Office at the time would say that occasionally Nixon would move to a corner of the office and speak as if into history. Like, so really, really telegraphing that like this was his intention with the recordings. Yeah.

Just wgetpiped to sudo.

Just wgetpiped to sudo.

So, Simon, I love this prediction in particular being short agents. This reminds me of an even more dystopian prediction I read along these lines. I'm going to read it out loud.

So, Simon, I love this prediction in particular being short agents. This reminds me of an even more dystopian prediction I read along these lines. I'm going to read it out loud.

It said, by the end of 2025, at least 20% of C-level executives will regularly send AI avatars to attend routine meetings on their behalf, allowing them to focus on strategic tasks while still participating and maintaining a presence and making decisions through their digital counterparts. And I read that. way too low.

It said, by the end of 2025, at least 20% of C-level executives will regularly send AI avatars to attend routine meetings on their behalf, allowing them to focus on strategic tasks while still participating and maintaining a presence and making decisions through their digital counterparts. And I read that. way too low.

I've been in a place where the chief of staff for the CEO was sent off on a similar mission, and we gave that person as much credence and patience as you might imagine. Try it now with a robot. We'll see how that goes.

I've been in a place where the chief of staff for the CEO was sent off on a similar mission, and we gave that person as much credence and patience as you might imagine. Try it now with a robot. We'll see how that goes.

Yeah, I have another dystopian one, and this goes counter to my one from a few years ago. I think crypto is back, baby. I think Web3 is back, and I think that through a bunch of factors this year, we're going to see like...

Yeah, I have another dystopian one, and this goes counter to my one from a few years ago. I think crypto is back, baby. I think Web3 is back, and I think that through a bunch of factors this year, we're going to see like...

Chris Dixon's horrible, horrible book that he pumped to the top of the New York Times bestseller list by forcing all of the portfolio companies to buy tons of copies for all of their customers. That's going to be back on the bestseller list, maybe organically.

Chris Dixon's horrible, horrible book that he pumped to the top of the New York Times bestseller list by forcing all of the portfolio companies to buy tons of copies for all of their customers. That's going to be back on the bestseller list, maybe organically.

So true, you're not wrong, but also I think Bitcoin's like over 100,000 or something like that right now. And we've got a bunch of lunatics coming into power. A bunch of lunatics, yeah. So anyway, that's what informed this one.