E23: Emad Mostaque and Sam Lessin Debate Whether AI is a Good Investment for VC

Erik Torenberg sits down with Emad Mostaque, founder of Stability AI, and Sam Lessin, GP of Slow Ventures and former VP Product at Facebook to debate how paradigm shifting AI will be for the different sectors of the global economy, and whether AI is actually a good investment for Venture Capital. These influential technology thinkers tackle the attention and information economy, SaaS markets, how AI-created entertainment will impact society and our relationships, and AI disruption of highly-regulated industries in a fast paced debate, moderated by Erik and The Cognitive Revolution AI podcast host Nathan Labenz. If you are interested to hear more of Sam Lessin’s unorthodox views on venture bets, head over to Turpentine VC and listen to a longer, even spicier conversation with him released this week:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/....podcast/sam-lessin-o https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dSK4t8S9IwYqUWSvURMGa?si=FHErS037SVSUGLS1UfhzTg
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TOPICS DISCUSSED:AI as an extender rather than a deck shuffler Is AI a disruptive or sustaining innovation? What is intelligence?The attention and information economyStorytelling, the stock market, and the economySponsors: Mercury, NetSuiteAI in the media industry, Hollywood, and distributionStartups vs incumbentsDisrupting highly-regulated industriesAI in education: an AI tutor for every childAI as StackOverflow 2.0 for engineersRegulatory ArbitrageThe oracle problem in AIApple as the weakest BigTech player in AIAI in communities and the future of social mediaReplika on Valentine’s Day and AI-generated pornHow does the market for inference shape up? Inference vs. cloudPrice of primary care in US in the next decadeWhat are the most likely incumbents to be disrupted?Will BigTech continue to opensource? Marriage rate in US in the future given AICan any AI leader sustain high gross margins in the future?Stability’s business model
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