In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen Vinod Khosla: Future Trends and the Power of the Improbable
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Oct 23, 2024 
Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and founder of Khosla Ventures, shares his insights on the necessity of embracing the improbable in shaping the future. He discusses how AI and robotics are set to revolutionize medicine and labor, while also predicting significant shifts in education and public transit. Khosla emphasizes the importance of bold risks in innovation, the evolving landscape of mineral discovery, and the need for society to adapt to technological advancements with policies like universal basic income.
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Importance of the Improbable
- Only improbable things are important because expert opinions often extrapolate the past.
- Entrepreneurs drive change by inventing the future they want, creating improbable scenarios.
Tesla's Improbable Success
- Experts predicted few electric cars by 2035, but Elon Musk and Tesla exceeded that forecast by 2016.
- This demonstrates how entrepreneurs drive improbable change.
OpenAI Investment
- Khosla Ventures invested in OpenAI in 2018, anticipating a breakthrough in AI.
- This was considered improbable, but OpenAI's work, based on Google research, led to significant advancements.