Martin Casado on why artificial intelligence is the wrong term and why a16z's new fund is called the Machine Age Fund:
"Artificial intelligence was the wrong word. It's machine intelligence... because it's not how humans think. It is a cache of human thought."
"To date, we don't know how to take an AI with no knowledge and put it out in the world and have it reconstruct language. That's not what we've done. We've built something that can learn off of everything we've already learned and then use that in a productive way."
"AI is a general term that goes back 70 years in computer science formally that applies to many different things, and of course it's got a lot of baggage. Either from science fiction or from you know, Nick Bostrom who wrote about it."
"You want to emphasize the machine part of it... You've really come to a place where you pour money into something and then you're limited by the actual machines below it. It's a nod to the hardware component is so significant in this wave, and we want to acknowledge that."
@martin_casado @eriktorenberg
- Martin Casado on why artificial intelligence is the wrong term and why a16z's new fund is called the Machine Age Fund: "Artificial intelligence was the wrong word. It's machine intelligence... because it's not how humans think. It is a cache of human thought." "To date, we don't know how to take an AI with no knowledge and put it out in the world and have it reconstruct language. That's not what we've done. We've built something that can learn off of everything we've already learned and then use that in a productive way." "AI is a general term that goes back 70 years in computer science formally that applies to many different things, and of course it's got a lot of baggage. Either from science fiction or from you know, Nick Bostrom who wrote about it." "You want to emphasize the machine part of it... You've really come to a place where you pour money into something and then you're limited by the actual machines below it. It's a nod to the hardware component is so significant in this wave, and we want to acknowledge that." @martin_casado @eriktorenberg
A rack that drew 5 to 10 kilowatts now pulls 100 to 250, and it is headed for a megawatt within three years. Naming a fund after the machines is just accurate once power and cooling set the ceiling.
