AI algorithms

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Ion Stoica · across every show →

Everything said about AI algorithms, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stoica: Many published AI research algorithms are hard to reproduce
“Many of the algorithms which are published are hard to reproduce.”
Ion Stoica Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:48 a16z Podcast | A New Lab Rises
Jan 17, 2019 negative
Disclosure
Novartis spent years just cleaning healthcare data before running AI algorithms
“We've had to spend most of the time just cleaning the data sets before you can even run the algorithm. That's just taken us years just to clean the data sets. And I think people underestimate how little clean data there is out there and how hard it is”
Vas Narasimhan Jan 17, 2019 ▶ 36:42 a16z Podcast | The Science and Business of Innovative Medicines
Oct 1, 2023 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: AI will program human neurochemistry with hyper-optimized media
“You could imagine AI algorithms for creating screenplays and songs that basically are essentially programming human neurochemical biology. And then the dystopian version of this is in the optimal possible state, right? So like basically the AI gets so good at …”
Marc Andreessen Oct 1, 2023 ▶ 43:08 What is the Future of Hollywood?
Mar 11, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Mulchandani: Hardware commoditization will make running AI models cheap at scale
“The availability of, you know, hardware commoditization and other pieces will get to a point where we'll be able to run all kinds of interesting algorithms At scale with really cheap, readily available hardware, right?”
Nand Mulchandani Mar 11, 2024 ▶ 38:34 Intelligence in the Age of AI with new CTO of the CIA
Oct 20, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Hoffman: Google achieved 40% data center energy savings using AI
“Google applied its algorithms to its own data centers, which are some of the best tuned grid systems in the world. 40% energy savings.”
Reid Hoffman Oct 20, 2025 ▶ 35:03 Reid Hoffman on AI, Consciousness, and the Future of Labor
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