What Ben Horowitz Says About Science
5 episodes featuring Ben Horowitz on science
Key Insights on Science
Only 40 AI researchers globally can build giant models: "If you haven't been at Google or Facebook or OpenAI... you probably don't know how to do it" - Ben
- Venture capital laws of physics changed - "you cannot throw money at the problem" no longer applies with sufficient data and GPUs - Ben
- Special Economic Zones could work in the U.S. - Nevada and other states would welcome "Special Founder Zones" where entrepreneurs can move at the speed of physics rather than permits
- Special Economic Zones could allow founders like Elon to 'move at the speed of physics rather than permits' in designated territories
- Ben Horowitz told Biden officials that regulating AI means regulating math; they responded 'we did that with nuclear physics in the 40s'