What podcasts say about Ben Lerer
Every statement, with the speaker, the exact quote and the moment it was said.
What Ben Lerer has said on podcasts
16 statements · 5 positive · 8 negative · 1 mixed · 2 neutral
Governments currently lack the ability to manage rapidly advancing AI technology.
“we do not have, you know, sort of a government that knows how to deal with any of this stuff.”
Open the episode · Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Listen at 6:42
AI technology is advancing faster than the public should comfortably accept.
“we're dealing with some pretty unbelievable technology that's moving much faster than I think like the average person should be comfortable with.”
Open the episode · Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Listen at 7:21
AI will eliminate many workers’ jobs.
“it is going to take a lot of their jobs.”
Open the episode · Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Listen at 14:52
AI will also create many new jobs.
“I believe it's going to create tons of new jobs also.”
Open the episode · Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Listen at 14:57
AI-driven economic change will widen the wealth divide.
“The wealth divide is going to grow.”
Open the episode · Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Listen at 15:14
Users risk harm by trusting major technology companies with their data.
“trust these companies with your data at your own peril to some degree.”
Open the episode · Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Listen at 54:32
Enterprise budgets for AI tools will continue growing.
“I do think that the budgets are going to be only continuing to grow.”
Open the episode · Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Listen at 1:04:01
Investment firms will not resume hiring analysts at prior levels.
“No one's hiring analysts again.”
Open the episode · Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Listen at 1:07:02
Augmodo can monitor retail shelf inventory and pricing in real time without manual checks.
“solve the what's on the shelf inventory pricing problem. In real time without the human labor going and doing checks”
Open the episode · Did OpenAI Steal the Navier-Stokes Solution? | E2335Listen at 1:15:42
Social media is generally harmful or undesirable.
“in general, social media is, like, not great”
Open the episode · Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307Listen at 3:42
Building great companies generally takes substantial time.
“building great companies takes time”
Open the episode · Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307Listen at 6:59
Companies generally create better liquidity by attracting buyers than actively selling themselves.
“companies get bought, not sold”
Open the episode · Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307Listen at 14:56
Passive efforts to make legacy companies adopt AI will likely disappoint.
“if you just sit around passively and look at your old companies and say, well, I hope these, I hope they figure out AI, we're going to be very disappointed”
Open the episode · Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307Listen at 15:40
Companies receiving serious acquisition interest should investigate competing offers.
“if somebody really wants you, yes, you should of course go run a process and see what else is out there”
Open the episode · Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307Listen at 17:24
Within 12–36 months, highly funded AI startups will be exposed as either real or empty.
“At some point in the next 12 to 36 months, the rubber meets the road and we figure out what companies are real and what companies raised hundreds of millions of dollars and don't have anything.”
Open the episode · Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307Listen at 41:32
Companies will emerge to provide AI model routing and evaluation infrastructure.
“there'll be a bunch of interesting companies helping with routing and evals”
Open the episode · Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307Listen at 1:01:15
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