Arison: Tech industry will need narrow AI agents before universal AI
George Arison · George Arison, Grindr CEO: How Grindr Built a Free Flow Cash Machine | E1234 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Dec 4, 2024 · at 56:18
George Arison, CEO of Grindr, explains how his view on AI implementation timelines shifted toward near-term narrow agents on 20VC.
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“My initial perspective was, oh, like, we'll be able to get to like that one agent quickly and like, and let's go work on that. But actually, I think you're going to need these like smaller agents first that are more narrow in their nature before we can go to the one big agent.”
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