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Amjad Masad & Adam D’Angelo: How Far Are We From AGI?

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Amjad Masad & Adam D’Angelo: How Far Are We From AGI?

a16z Podcast

Nov 07

Amjad Masad & Adam D’Angelo: How Far Are We From AGI?

Amjad Masad & Adam D’Angelo: How Far Are We From AGI?

a16z Podcast

Nov 07

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Adam D’Angelo (Quora/Poe) thinks we're 5 years from automating remote work. Amjad Masad (Replit) thinks we're brute-forcing intelligence without understanding it. In this conversation, two technical founders who are building the AI future disagree on almo...

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Two visionary tech founders, Adam D’Angelo and Amjad Masad, dive into the evolving landscape of AI, challenging assumptions about intelligence, automation, and the future of work. Their conversation cuts through the hype, offering contrasting views on whether today’s AI systems are truly intelligent or merely sophisticated mimics.

02:58

LLMs aren't equivalent to human intelligence—they can still be tricked.

19:49

Recommender systems are already superhuman at predicting user interests

29:46

Google was initially slow to respond to ChatGPT, a disruptive technology

39:21

Data may become the bottleneck as AI gets cheaper and more powerful

45:49

Agent 3 can run indefinitely, marking a leap in autonomous operation

55:16

Moved Replit out of SF due to the culture

58:18

Roger Penrose argues the brain cannot be a computer

Chapters

Can AI Really Replace Human Work in Just Five Years?

00:00

Are We Mistaking Scale for Intelligence in LLMs?

12:45

Will AI Empower Solo Founders or Reinforce Big Tech?

23:07

Who Holds the Real Knowledge When AI Takes Over Tasks?

33:13

How Long Can AI Agents Run—And What Comes Next?

45:49

What Happened to the Experimental Spirit in Silicon Valley?

51:52

Is Consciousness Being Left Behind in the AI Race?

58:18

Transcript

Speaker 1: Nothing seems fundamentally so hard that it couldn't be solved by the smartest people in the world. Working incredibly hard for the next five years. Humanity went through the agricultural revolution and industrial revolution. We're going through...