What podcasts say about Arvind Krishna
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What Arvind Krishna has said on podcasts
34 statements · 16 positive · 15 negative · 2 mixed · 1 neutral
“Well, it will break today's cryptography.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 1:14
Post-quantum cryptography is understood and implemented, but organizations have not widely adopted it.
“The good news is post-quantum cryptography is understood. It's well known. The code is written, but people have been too lazy to get to it.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 1:38
One or two quantum companies will demonstrate error-correction progress by 2027.
“You'll find one or two will make progress by 2027.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 3:17
Quantum computers could reach 10 million gate computations by 2029.
“that means you could be at 10 million by 2029.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 4:02
AI will not break cryptography before quantum computers do.
“It's not going to be possible.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 7:26
AI can discover new quantum algorithms.
“Could you have an AI algorithm discover a new quantum algorithm? Absolutely.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 7:50
- on AI-discovered quantum algorithmsNegativeOct 21, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
AI cannot run newly discovered quantum algorithms efficiently on current hardware.
“Could it run it effectively and efficiently on today's hardware? Yes, it's not possible.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 7:57
- on Quantum algorithms on classical hardwareNegativeOct 21, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Classical hardware may run quantum algorithms 1,000 to 10,000 times slower.
“Otherwise, it'll be slower by an order of 1,000 or 10,000.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 8:10
A cryptanalytic method taking ten years per key would not be practically useful.
“if it takes 10 years to break one key, most people are going to rest in peace. That's not a practical answer.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 8:51
Optimized Chinese open-weight models can reduce inference costs to $1–$2 per million tokens.
“we could drop the cost to about $1 to $2 for a million tokens.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 13:14
Western open-weight models comparable to Chinese models will emerge within two years.
“over the next year or two, I'm very doubtful that there will not be great models that come up in the West that are also open weight.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 14:09
- on Chinese and Western open-weight modelsNeutralOct 21, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
The capability gap between Chinese and Western open-weight models is at most 6–12 months.
“The gap in these things is 6 to 12 months at the most.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 14:19
“of all token usage will go to open weight models”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 14:29
Agentically generated code will outperform human-written code.
“will agentic code be superior to human-written code? Absolutely.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 20:08
IBM uses coding agents for about half its internally written code, with better results.
“We use agents and coding agents now for probably half the code that is written inside our place, and it is superior to what was being written before.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 20:12
Fully verifying arbitrary agentic code is currently computationally infeasible.
“It's not fully verifiable because that is a task that is going to be almost computationally infeasible right now.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 20:41
Digital technology cannot be meaningfully slowed by unilateral regulation.
“a digital technology is impossible to actually slow down.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 24:36
AI and data-center regulation is primarily driven by populism rather than technical realities.
“The regulation question on AI and data centers is driven— I'm going to be sorry and cynical— is driven by populism, not by any reality.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 26:22
Current AI and data-center policy strikes the correct balance.
“I do think we are on the correct balance right now”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 26:45
All 50 states will not ban data centers, but 30 states might.
“I think there's no chance all 50 will ban. Is it possible 30 will ban? Yes.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 26:54
- on Capital investment and labor protectionPositiveOct 21, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Nations prioritizing capital investment over labor protection historically tend to win technological transitions.
“People who spent more on capital than worried about labor tended to win every previous one.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 29:04
IBM mainframes have endured for 65 years because of vertical integration.
“The IBM mainframe has lasted 65 years. Why? It was vertically integrated.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 30:56
AI capabilities will cause massive consolidation among enterprise software vendors.
“That implies massive consolidation because that's where the spend goes.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 38:26
Enterprise software will divide into AI-replaceable and reliability-critical categories.
“I do think also software should be distinguished.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 38:51
Reliability-critical software will be difficult to replace with AI-generated software.
“I think that's going to be hard to replace that easily, right, with, uh, AI-generated software.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 39:16
- on AI-generated software replacementNegativeOct 21, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Long parallel testing eliminates the cost advantage of replacing critical software with AI-generated software.
“And then there's no cost advantage to do that.”
Open the episode · Arvind Krishna & Nikesh Arora: Quantum Threat, Open vs Frontier AI, AI Cyber Warfare & SaaS CollapseListen at 39:28
Quantum computers can outperform classical computers on some tasks.
“Quantum advantage means that a quantum computer can do things better, either faster, cheaper, in a way that normal classical computers cannot get to at this time.”
Open the episode · Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 7/30/26Listen at 13:44
Random circuit sampling at the stated scale cannot be solved classically.
“which cannot be solved by classical computers.”
Open the episode · Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 7/30/26Listen at 14:24
Quantum computing may discover materials with improved magnetic properties.
“maybe we can discover a material that has better magnetic properties.”
Open the episode · Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 7/30/26Listen at 16:29
IBM quantum computing will measurably affect revenue and profit by 2028 or 2029.
“I think that in 2028 or 29, you'll see it have a measurable impact on our top line and bottom line.”
Open the episode · Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 7/30/26Listen at 17:42
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