intelligence

7 statements across 7 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jun 7, 2017 by Anthony Pompliano · across every show →

Everything said about intelligence, oldest first

Jun 7, 2017 positive
Opinion
Pompliano: Pure intelligence is overrated compared to EQ in predicting success
“I believe that Intelligence is quite overrated, and EQ is quite underrated. I think that you can be very successful by having a high EQ, and if you have intelligence as well, then you kind of just double your probability for success, but I think that most peop…”
Anthony Pompliano Jun 7, 2017 ▶ 21:14 20VC: Why Cheque Size & Follow On Decision-Making Does Not Matter, Why Intelligence Is Overrated & Why You Should Do Everything You Can To Make Other People Successful with Anthony Pompliano, Founding Partner @ Full Tilt Capital
Jun 2, 2023 negative
Insight
Expert: Superintelligence does not imply a desire to dominate humans
“There is this idea, somehow, the desire to, and the ability to dominate, is linked with intelligence. A statement that a lot of people are making, including Jeff Hinton recently, That somehow, as soon as a machine becomes intelligent, it becomes uncontrollable…”
Yann LeCun Jun 2, 2023 ▶ 18:49 20VC: Who Wins the AI Race; Startups or Incumbents & Does Having Proprietary Data Really Matter For Startups Today?
Apr 15, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Altman: OpenAI will drive the cost of high-quality intelligence near zero
“I think we can drive the cost of a very high quality of intelligence to very near zero, and that will just be phenomenal for most things in the world. Not everything, there will be some negatives, but I think the cost of intelligence is about to get really, re…”
Sam Altman Apr 15, 2024 ▶ 16:40 Sam Altman & Brad Lightcap: Which Companies Will Be Steamrolled by OpenAI? | E1140 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 19, 2024 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gomez: AI requires exponential compute scaling for linear intelligence gains long-term
“Yeah, I mean, I think it certainly requires exponential input. You know, you need to continuously be doubling your compute in order to sustain linear gains in, in intelligence. But I think that probably goes on for a very, very, very long time.”
Aidan Gomez Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 6:19 Aidan Gomez: What No One Understands About Foundation Models | E1191 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 5, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
O'Driscoll: Cost of AI Intelligence Will Drop Log Orders of Magnitude Annually
“Information knowledge, intelligence, for lack of a better word, is just going to get cheaper and cheaper, faster and faster. There's going to be, there's just intelligence is available at a price that's declining, you know, by log or log orders of magnitude ev…”
Rory O'Driscoll Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 51:29 Is DPI The Only Thing That Matters? with Sam Lessin, Jason Lemkin & Rory O’Driscoll · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 20, 2026 negative
Opinion
Lin Qiao: A single-company monopoly on AI makes no sense
“What I don't want to see is there's only one company owns intelligence. I think that doesn't make sense to me.”
Lin Qiao Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 29:40 The Open-Source AI Reality | How Token Costs Will Fall 10X & Usage Will Explode 100X | Lin Qiao
Aug 5, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Arora: Within four years, customers will pay for compute, not model intelligence
“I think in the next three, four years we won't be paying for intelligence, we'll be paying for compute through our nose.”
Nikesh Arora Aug 5, 2026 ▶ 38:57 Leo Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness Blows Up | Moonshot AI Raises $3.5B at $35B
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