Bringing AI to the Masses with Adam D’Angelo

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🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Generative AI has initiated a transformative shift, reshaping our world in unprecedented ways. In a16z's AI Revolution series, we engage some of the most impactful builders in the field of AI discussing and debating where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in AI. In this episode, General Partner David George chats with Adam D'Angelo, the CEO and founder of Quora, wade into this fast-moving AI landscape, and specifically touch on how building infrastructure for creators can democratize AI. Adam, who is now building AI aggregator Poe and is on the board of OpenAI, has long been paying attention to this AI wave. He recounts this evolving fascination, and together Adam and David explore the dynamic synergy between humans and AI, highlighting the critical role of experimentation for founders in the AI realm. As a reminder, this conversation comes from our AI Revolution series, which you can dive into more deeply at a16z.com/ai.

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0:00.0	Continuing on the current paradigm, if you just play this forward, there's so much further that it can go.
0:08.0	We're building a network for people and AI to all share knowledge together,
0:14.6	and sometimes the people will be getting knowledge
0:16.8	from the AI, and sometimes the AI
0:19.7	will need to get knowledge from humans.
0:22.4	There's just such a huge space of needs people have and such a huge
0:27.8	space of different inputs you can combine to try to address those needs. Humans are always going to play some role.
0:35.0	There's knowledge that people have in their heads
0:38.0	that is not on the internet and is not in any book.
0:41.0	And so no LLC is going to have that knowledge.
0:46.8	Hello everyone, this is Steph.
0:49.0	If you didn't recognize the voice before mine,
0:51.2	that was Adam Dangelo. He's the co-founder of Cora now building AI
0:55.8	aggregator Poe and so much more including being on the board of open AI we do have a
1:02.4	very timely episode for you today, so I won't keep you
1:05.5	waiting any longer. There's A16Z Growth Fund General Partner Sarah Wang
1:09.5	with a proper introduction of what's on deck.
1:12.8	You'll also hear her reference our AI Revolution series,
1:15.6	which you can dive into more deeply at a16Z.com.
1:18.8	As a reminder, the content here is for informational purposes only, should not be taken as
1:26.5	legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security and
1:31.6	is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any
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