Amjad Masad

Like we're automaton, it's input, output.

And therefore...

The natural conclusion is that humans are not very special.

We're going to build a more intelligent being.

That intelligent being is going to be so much more intelligent that it's going to treat us like ants in the same way we treat ants.

But no, I think there's something special about humans.

And I believe in...

I'll tell you something about my personal life that I think is very interesting.

I think a lot of success comes down to mindset and visualization.

Why does that work?

Why does visualization work?

It does work.

A lot of people swear by it.

If you visualize yourself as successful, I used to visualize the cars that I want to drive.

And invariably, I would get those cars some way or another.

I would, like, if I want to meet someone, I would, like, have this intent about meeting this person.

And eventually, I will meet them somehow.

And it's, like, random circumstance.

Like...

whether it was like people in tech that I respected, whether it was Paul Graham, Mark Andreessen.