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Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2028
A New AI Paradigm Will Displace Notion and Google Docs
“It probably something will come and destroy Notion and Google Docs and all of them with a totally new paradigm that is made possible by AI, and certainly these incumbents won't do it.”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 24:46 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lebrun: AI-native startups will displace incumbents across all industries within five years
“I think AI will enable a new generation of players in every industry that will kill the incumbents eventually.”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 1:08:05 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Sep 2028
Alex LeBrun: AI Paradigms Will Eventually Displace Notion and Google Docs
“Probably something will Come and destroy Notion and Google Docs and all of them with a totally new paradigm that is made possible by AI.”
Alex LeBrun Sep 15, 2023 ▶ 24:12 20VC: The Biggest AI Leaders on What Matters More; Model Size or Data Size & Where Does The Value in AI Accrue; to Startups or to Incumbents
Prediction Didn’t hold up
No AI Models in Use Today Will Be Used in One Year
“Absolutely agree with that. You know, will you drive the car you drive today in 10 years? I don't think so. And 10 years in car industry is like one week in machine learning gravity zone. And so there is, of course, there is so much progress so fast That I don…”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 16:37 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lebrun: Startups with billions in funding can match OpenAI's capabilities
“I think a new startup with enough talent and enough money, and when I say enough money, I'm talking about billions, just to be clear, then I'm sure you can do as, at least as well as OpenAI.”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 22:37 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2026
Lebrun: Open-source foundational AI models will win over closed models
“Open, obviously. You know, LLM are AI in general is an infrastructure in the future, and like every infrastructure, I'm just paraphrasing Jan, but is, is open. Open wins always with infrastructure. And so obviously I think the financial, the foundational model…”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 27:05 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lebrun: AI founders no longer need to be in Silicon Valley
“The talent is very, very distributed. It will get more distributed, and I think you should get close to your customers.”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 59:30 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lebrun: Strict Immigration Restrictions Will Eventually Harm US AI Dominance
“Immigration may be laws, may be something that will be a problem eventually in the US because the talent is so distributed with the new, you know, you can learn deep learning very easily from everywhere in the world on a tablet today, and it will be more and m…”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 1:06:59 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lebrun: AI Will Replace Humans for Macro Operational Decision-Making
“I also think that at the higher level, decisions that require a big picture of the data, you know, large, large view will be taken by AI, not by people.”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 1:15:26 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lebrun: Companies will continuously switch between LLMs to remain competitive
“It's how it will work, of course. You have, you know, every two weeks, incredible things coming out of research, and if you just assume it's a static, in a year from now, your product will be very dumb compared to your competitor's products. Or more expensive …”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 15:30 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lebrun: AI assistants will cut emergency call response times to 20 seconds
“And it will be faster too. So it's a win-win, you know, to be like maybe 20 seconds instead of one minute and with more empathy.”
Alex Lebrun Jun 19, 2023 ▶ 49:07 Alex Lebrun: Why the EU's AI Regulation is a Disaster; How Zuck Prepares for Meetings | E1027 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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