chatbots

7 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Mar 8, 2017 by Lee Hower · across every show →

Everything said about chatbots, oldest first

Mar 8, 2017 bearish
Opinion
Hower: Standalone chatbot and messaging AI companies are overhyped and unsustainable
“I think not sustaining, there's a lot of emphasis on Sort of chatbots and messaging AI happening at a messaging layer. I think that's actually going to be critical in many, many ways to a broader array of applications, but I think undue emphasis has probably b…”
Lee Hower Mar 8, 2017 ▶ 19:03 20VC: Why Valuation Is Of Critical Importance At Seed, How To Understand Innovation Cycles & Having 3 CEOs and Burning $10m a Month with Lee Hower, Co-Founder @ NextView Ventures
Aug 30, 2017 bearish
Opinion
Cohen calls chatbots a fad due to limited natural language processing
“I'd have to say fad. Bad. I don't think that natural language processing NLP is there yet.”
Alina Cohen Aug 30, 2017 ▶ 20:17 20VC: Why AI Is More Artificial Than Intelligent, Why Engineering-centric Founders Are Able To Pivot Best & Why Startups Are Like Games with Alina Cohen, General Partner @ Initialized Capital
Oct 13, 2017 positive
Opinion
Von Ahn: Chatbots Work for Language Learning but Not for Math
“I don't think it's all that useful to have something like teaching math where you have a chatbot because the conversation is not the real element. You know, you're somehow trying to teach math. Whereas in languages, you're trying to teach the conversation. So …”
Luis von Ahn Oct 13, 2017 ▶ 9:05 20VC: Duolingo's Luis von Ahn on How CEO's Can Scale With The Company, How VC Herd Mentality In The Valley Really Works and How Chatbots & AI Play A Role In The Future of EdTech
Jun 24, 2024 neutral
Insight
Luan: Hallucinations help chatbots but destroy AI agent reliability
“Having hallucinations in chatbots and in, like, image generators is, like, a really good thing, right? Because it gives you like, a starter tool for, like, getting to, like, solve the blank page problem, right? Like, and, like, gives you, like, little bits of …”
David Luan Jun 24, 2024 ▶ 15:33 David Luan: Why Nvidia Will Enter the Model Space & Models Will Enter the Chip Space | E1169 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 31, 2024 positive
Opinion
Mollick: AI chatbots already write essays better than most humans
“Chatbots right now, like, if you want to see the future where it's better than human, it's actually in homework, where in most cases it kind of solves the issue, writes an essay better than most people.”
Ethan Mollick Jul 31, 2024 ▶ 35:49 Ethan Mollick: Why OpenAl Abandons Products, The Biggest Opportunities They Have Not Taken | E1184 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 19, 2024 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Aidan Gomez: Chatbots Will Not Replace Dating or Cause Birth Rates to Plummet
“There's no world where suddenly we all start dating chatbots and, you know, human birth rates plummet. I don't think that happens, right?”
Aidan Gomez Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 51:00 Aidan Gomez: What No One Understands About Foundation Models | E1191 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 22, 2025 negative
Opinion
Sivulka: Current AI chatbots deliver mostly superficial value
“Right now we have these chatbots or these, you know, surface level search engines that, that give you facetious, you know, surface level value. You know, it'll help your kid cheat on their homework, but to drive to whether or not something's a good investment …”
George Sivulka Jan 22, 2025 ▶ 49:21 George Sivulka, Co-Founder & CEO @Hebbia: The Future of Foundation Models | E1250 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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