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We asked stephen balaban (co-founder of Lambda) about AI pessimism. "In general, everyone underestimates what exponential growth looks like." "Think about how good code generation has gotten over the past 90 days." "In a couple of years, you will have a function that goes from cash to software." "That's... show more

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Anthony Benjamin1 year ago

@stephenbalaban @LambdaAPI Nice clip

VistaShares1 year ago

From semiconductors to data centers, AIS targets the critical components behind AI's exponential growth. Capture potential returns from this transformative technology sector.

Raul Miller1 year ago

@stephenbalaban @LambdaAPI If AI can get good enough to provide reliable, readable transcripts of arbitrary video and podcasts, I think I could live with that.

Saurabh dhuliya1 year ago

@garrytan @stephenbalaban @LambdaAPI If AI could ask smart questions by itself, then maybe we wouldn’t need to code so much — we could just talk to it and let it guide the process

Ivan Landabaso1 year ago

@stephenbalaban @LambdaAPI yes, but also

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