a16z Podcast Ben Horowitz: What Founders Must Know About AI and Crypto
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Jul 11, 2025 
Ben Horowitz, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and author of 'The Hard Thing About Hard Things,' shares his insights on the transformative impacts of AI and crypto. He discusses how AI represents a seismic shift in technology and its implications for jobs and society. Ben contrasts historical tech adoption with today’s challenges and delves into the global AI race, especially between the U.S. and China. He also emphasizes blockchain's role in fostering trust and the necessity of regulatory frameworks to navigate this new landscape.
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AI as a Predictive Model
- AI is essentially about modeling the world to make predictions, not consciousness or life.
- It acts as a servant directed by humans, lacking free will or autonomy.
Jobs Shift, Not Disappear
- Historical technology disruptions removed old jobs but created new ones and improved life quality.
- Humans excel at inventing new roles, ensuring AI won't render us obsolete but transform work.
AI is Trapped in Human Constructs
- AI is limited by human concepts and language which are imperfect representations of reality.
- Current AI systems rely on human-constructed axioms rather than direct observation of the world.
