Lloyd Blankfein

And, you know, you perform a super important function.

You're taking risk on entrepreneurs and companies.

and risks that your predecessors took 15 years ago are manifesting today and decisions you're making are going to manifest in the future, I think there's no, you know, being modest and understated carries a lot of disadvantages.

And I think you have to explain the role you are in the market so that there's some appreciation in what you do.

One day, if people decide that you misstepped, whether you misstepped or not, they may decide that you did.

Mm-hmm.

And you want to have a counter argument to that.

And it's very, you don't want to be fumphering for one at the event.

I'd love to hear maybe your just broader perspective on AI.

You know, and you're a student of history.

Like, does this strike you as sort of a similar technology to past, you know, product cycles?

Is this time different?

Like, where are you on the spectrum of excited, scared?

Generally, things don't never repeat, but often they rhyme.

Sure.

Is this like electricity, you know, the electrification of the country?

Those are very big deals.

Internet, very big deals.

Could this be a bigger deal?

I don't know.