Ben Horowitz

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'

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