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Balaji Srinivasan

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The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Ready?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Take this image.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Narrative science show the possibility of something like what we... Again, you know the thing about the future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

If you put that on screen and zoom in, okay?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Zoom, zoom, zoom.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So that would take, it's a little blur.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

It would take your financial data and it'd say like, you know, bookings were strong this month, but new pipeline, blah, blah, blah.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

You know, it kind of gives like sports commentary on top of numbers.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Does that make sense?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So it was like a domain-specific AI, right, that would turn numbers into legible text.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Yeah.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And that was there back in the day.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So I saw that and I knew about that.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

I'm like, you know, as AI improves, it's possible.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Extremes of not just financial and other data and automate the process of turning box scores into sports articles, the process of turning weather feeds into sports reports, turning financial feeds into financial reports, turning lists of tweets into political articles.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And what I didn't know is how fast it would happen, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Actually already, you know, I actually built some prototypes on this already.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

For example, here's a fun one where, so I,

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

a year ago.