AI Rabbithole conference: Vinod Khosla sees that AI agents will be running around the internet doing most of the work for humans in coming years, instead of humans (I agree) Interviewed by Matt Marshall. Hosted by Nick Davidov

How to know the AI industry is overhyped and about to pop? Ads in SF bathrooms to DL the latest AI apps.

Yeah bro, of all times to be hands-free.

Google reduces employee count, focused on AI, many were in finance.

I just spoke at the AI Rabbithole conference in SF that Nick Davidov is hosting.

OpenAI’s Sora’s team is presenting: Bill Peebles and Tim Brooks. The crowd is stunned.

Notes from madhats AI conference

⁦Jeremiah Owyang⁩ says autonomous agents “are where we’re seeing the most growth”

“Whoever wins the personal agent, that’s the big thing”

Sup

Soon, we will be able to speak to animals using AI.

What will pigs, cows and chickens say to us? Honest question: Do you really want to know?

A few years after that, many will stop eating mammals and birds.

Data driven win! Today: Personal record on a clean and jerk. Barbell from floor to over your head: stand up straight. Uses most muscle groups in 10 seconds, must be flexible and explosive power.

Some VCs have super fancy offices to impress founders, which is cool.

Me? I invite them to the Tiny Airstream Office in Silicon Valley to have a casual chat at my backyard camp. Shorts, tshirt, cold drink, let’s chat.

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Meta’s Llama 3 will be integrated into WhatsApp.

All foundational models will integrate into your chat apps, vying to be the most useful to capture your attention.

In the future, many humans will chat more frequently with an AI, than with any other human.

There are 12 AI Hackathons in SF Bay Area April 2024, That's prob more than the rest of the world combined.

Most of the Hackathons have 100-300 developers building, coding and presenting.

AI builders (and sponsors) come to SF -- to accelerate their career and startup. data

Everything input into a screen (words, click paths) is being recorded and will be used to train AI agents to replicate human behavior.

You think you’re talking to a human on that zoom for 20 min —but you are not.

Fitness, sleep, and diet are the core from which considerable mental strength emanates.

Start with self-control and discipline so you can slay your tasks with family, work, and community

It's easier to serve others once you've first served yourself.

Question: Which tech company do you trust the most to develop AGI and why?

AGI: An AI which will be equal and then greater to human intelligence across a wide range of abilities.

Alibaba
Anthropic
Apple
Amazon
IBM
Google
Meta (Llama)
Microsoft
Nvidia
OpenAI
Tencent
Other?

Oh this is neat, generative AI sound effects.

This impacts:
-Foley (sound effect) artists
-Creators/Streamers
-Influencers
-Musicians
-Podcasters
-Performance arts

Imagine suitable background noise created for any image or video you generate --on the fly at low cost.

***WARNING***

If you work for a company and plan to launch an AI startup, be aware:

Your employer may own ALL your intellectual property—even if it's a side project on your home laptop not connected to work network.

Check your employment contract, talk to an IP lawyer.