Navin Girishankar
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first heard Jun 2026
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Exponential growth is seductive, starting slowly and virtually unnoticeably.
But beyond the knee of the curve, it turns explosive and profoundly transformative.
Those are the words of futurist and author Ray Kurzweil.
He argues that two world wars, the Cold War, and every major economic upheaval of the last century failed to make the slightest dent in the pace of technological progress.
The disruptions are real, but the curve inevitably wins out.
That's the accelerationist thesis.
Now, even if we were to accept that society will always yield to technological progress, that is a prediction, not a policy.
And predictions, however accurate on the trend, tell us nothing about the transition itself, who wins and loses, whether institutions can absorb the shock, and what government and the private sector must each do to ensure that the gains are broad and the losses are survivable.
That is the question before us today.
Not whether AI transforms the world.
It's already doing that.
But which policies are needed to ensure that the benefits are broad and that the risks are managed?
Risks like labor displacement, the concentration of power, geopolitical rivalry, and importantly, physical infrastructure gaps.
I'm Naveen Girishankar, and today I'm in conversation with Mark Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, and a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, PCAST.
Welcome to Betting on America.
Mark Andreessen, what a privilege to have you on Betting on America.
Thank you for doing this.
You know, you've been an innovator, a technologist, an investor, and importantly, which everybody knows, but importantly, such a huge contributor to the public debate on AI and technology.
And so we wanted to make sure we had the opportunity to speak with you.
There are a lot of questions around policy that are very pertinent.
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