The AI Supercycle, California's AI Safety Bill Vetoed, and the Future of AR/VR | E2017
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 1 October 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Todays show:
Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to discuss AI regulation bill SB 1047 (1:46), the biggest supercycle today (6:18), OpenAI’s growth trajectory (25:20), the AR and VR technology evolution (48:51), and more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show
(1:46) AI regulation bill SB 1047
(2:34) Defining the AI supercycle
(6:18) Concurrent supercycles: Self-driving cars and fusion
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(9:08) Detailed discussion on SB 1047's impact and reactions
(17:14) AI regulation in California: A broader perspective
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(21:01) Industry leaders' reactions to SB 1047 veto and open source in AI
(25:20) Rule-breaking in startup success and evaluating OpenAI's valuation
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(38:00) Infrastructure ownership for tech giants and the future of startups in AI
(48:51) AR and VR technology evolution and market potential
(55:38) AR glasses' impact on daily life and mental health
(1:05:59) AR vs. VR applications and social implications
(1:07:27) Audience Q&A
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| 0:00.0 | is now the time to create apps for AR. |
| 0:05.0 | If you recall the Google Glass Days, |
| 0:07.0 | they had a little translation app, |
| 0:08.5 | and so you could look at a street sign |
| 0:09.8 | and it would auto translate it for you. |
| 0:11.2 | I got to play with that blew my mind. I also got to play with the Microsoft |
| 0:14.8 | hollow lens, which was AR, blew my mind. |
| 0:18.0 | And I never got to play with Magic Leap, but I'm sure I would have loved it. |
| 0:21.0 | And so it's just, it's funny how so many things that I don't like to use |
| 0:24.1 | like concur kind of just like stay alive in the world of technology and some things that were |
| 0:28.4 | so great didn't quite make it. But I think we've now reached the point when the hardware's gotten good enough. |
| 0:34.4 | There's enough good apps. |
| 0:36.0 | Yeah, I think we're probably about the point when AR and VR are going to have enough consumer |
| 0:41.0 | buy-in to be worth building on top of. |
| 0:44.0 | This weekend startups is brought to you by Vanta. |
| 0:48.0 | Compliance and security shouldn't be a dealbreaker for startups to win new business. |
| 0:53.3 | Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a Sock 2 report fast. |
| 0:58.2 | Twist listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at vanta.com slash twist. Cloud Devs. |
| 1:05.8 | Building the best remote team is tough but you don't have to do it alone. |
| 1:09.8 | Visit clouddevs.com slash twist for an unbeatable offer on hiring elite Latam talent today. |
| 1:17.0 | And Sprigg, the product experience platform that generates AI-powered opportunities to continuously |
| 1:24.2 | improve your product at scale. Visit sprig.com slash twist to book a demo and get a |
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