Reid Hoffman

And you can see it will immediately give you a capable argument against your position. That is very helpful. It's helpful for cognitive development. It's helpful for learning. It's helpful for our understanding. What are the strengths and weaknesses? But by the way, you can also say, take my side. Give me another argument for the thing I'm arguing for. Make that argument.

And you can see it will immediately give you a capable argument against your position. That is very helpful. It's helpful for cognitive development. It's helpful for learning. It's helpful for our understanding. What are the strengths and weaknesses? But by the way, you can also say, take my side. Give me another argument for the thing I'm arguing for. Make that argument.

But that's just the beginning. You can also say, like, for example, if I go, okay, I'm making this argument for how general purpose technologies always have initial strong fear by people and how they're described as the end of society, the end of humanity, et cetera. It's happened a number of different times. how would a historian of technology analyze my argument?

But that's just the beginning. You can also say, like, for example, if I go, okay, I'm making this argument for how general purpose technologies always have initial strong fear by people and how they're described as the end of society, the end of humanity, et cetera. It's happened a number of different times. how would a historian of technology analyze my argument?

How would they criticize my argument? And then you get – so you can get to – like it's literally – it's only your own creativity and your own inspiration of who – what role should I be talking to? And once you start realizing that, you can start using AI very powerfully for whatever you're trying to do.

How would they criticize my argument? And then you get – so you can get to – like it's literally – it's only your own creativity and your own inspiration of who – what role should I be talking to? And once you start realizing that, you can start using AI very powerfully for whatever you're trying to do.

Yes. Why? So one of the things is Silicon Valley. So Silicon Valley has built itself up of multiple – the reason it's called Silicon Valley is because it started with silicon. It's now software valley. Silicon Valley almost never invests in silicon anymore. Silicon being the chips. Yes, being the chips, yes. So now really it's much more software valley.

Yes. Why? So one of the things is Silicon Valley. So Silicon Valley has built itself up of multiple – the reason it's called Silicon Valley is because it started with silicon. It's now software valley. Silicon Valley almost never invests in silicon anymore. Silicon being the chips. Yes, being the chips, yes. So now really it's much more software valley.

It's like we invest billions and billions of dollars every year into new software companies. So we went from silicon through networking equipment like Cisco, like just stacks of different things getting to where we are now. AI is the new one. By the way, we did the thing with internet. We did it with mobile phones. We did it with Web 2. Now it's AI.

It's like we invest billions and billions of dollars every year into new software companies. So we went from silicon through networking equipment like Cisco, like just stacks of different things getting to where we are now. AI is the new one. By the way, we did the thing with internet. We did it with mobile phones. We did it with Web 2. Now it's AI.

And so the principal thing is when you get this new general purpose technology – It opens up massive amounts of entrepreneurial space because, one, there's all the new things that can be built that were never possible before. Airbnb couldn't be done before the internet. There's just no way. So it opens up these things that weren't possible before.

And so the principal thing is when you get this new general purpose technology – It opens up massive amounts of entrepreneurial space because, one, there's all the new things that can be built that were never possible before. Airbnb couldn't be done before the internet. There's just no way. So it opens up these things that weren't possible before.

And so, like, the internet's a good proxy to the wave we have now with AI. Then it also, by the way, makes a massive transformative force on all existing businesses. So you say, well, I had a business of selling, you know, kind of e-commerce and doing, you know, mail order catalogs. Well, now there's e-commerce, right? So it transforms all of these businesses.

And so, like, the internet's a good proxy to the wave we have now with AI. Then it also, by the way, makes a massive transformative force on all existing businesses. So you say, well, I had a business of selling, you know, kind of e-commerce and doing, you know, mail order catalogs. Well, now there's e-commerce, right? So it transforms all of these businesses.

And so, by the way, for example, the Internet is part of what makes the cloud revolution. So now it's like, well, actually, in fact, it's not software on your desktop. It's not software on your phone. It's in the cloud. And, of course, it bounces back and forth a little bit. Then you have, well, no, actually, in fact, you've got this really great app on your phone and so forth.

And so, by the way, for example, the Internet is part of what makes the cloud revolution. So now it's like, well, actually, in fact, it's not software on your desktop. It's not software on your phone. It's in the cloud. And, of course, it bounces back and forth a little bit. Then you have, well, no, actually, in fact, you've got this really great app on your phone and so forth.

But these kinds of things. AI is the next one that affects all of them. So you have Greenfield, you have potentially revolutionized any particular place where there's a product or service, especially that intelligence could be added to it, right? There's a possibility of a great startup idea there. So, yes. Now- Should you go try to build your own frontier model, which is a $10 billion computer?

But these kinds of things. AI is the next one that affects all of them. So you have Greenfield, you have potentially revolutionized any particular place where there's a product or service, especially that intelligence could be added to it, right? There's a possibility of a great startup idea there. So, yes. Now- Should you go try to build your own frontier model, which is a $10 billion computer?

That's a hard amount of capital for startups. No, no, no. Try to figure out the degrees you use frontier models from OpenAI or Microsoft or Google or others as ways of doing this. But you still may build your own model. Lots of startup companies are building their own models. I invested in this customer service company called Sierra that Brett Taylor is doing.

That's a hard amount of capital for startups. No, no, no. Try to figure out the degrees you use frontier models from OpenAI or Microsoft or Google or others as ways of doing this. But you still may build your own model. Lots of startup companies are building their own models. I invested in this customer service company called Sierra that Brett Taylor is doing.