computers

also referred to as: computer

17 statements across 16 episodes · 11 bullish · 2 bearish · 15 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Peter Levine · across every show →

Everything said about computers, oldest first

Jul 15, 2017 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Levine: Future autonomous vehicles will house hundreds of onboard computers
“A self-driving car in the not-to-existent future may have a hundred of these cards, maybe 200 of these computers that are inside the card.”
Peter Levine Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 4:59 The End of Cloud Computing
Jan 11, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Pande: Computers outperform doctors in dermatology and ophthalmology diagnostic predictions
“It's clear that in many areas, we've seen in dermatology, ophthalmology, many different areas, that computers can be more accurate than doctors in predicting.”
Vijay Pande Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 9:14 When Biology Moves to Engineering
Jan 11, 2018 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Pande: AI will augment rather than replace human physicians
“It's never going to be computers versus doctors. It's a false dichotomy. It's a false comparison. It's always going to be doctors and computers. And naturally, they would be better than computers or doctors alone. And I think this is the future of healthcare.”
Vijay Pande Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 9:29 When Biology Moves to Engineering
Jul 26, 2018 bullish
Insight
Dixon: Crypto networks are fundamentally a new type of computer
“You know, being kind of, being technology focused, we kind of, we like to look at it or one way we like to look at it is as a, as you can think of a crypto network like Ethereum or Bitcoin or one of the many other new innovative, you know, networks out there a…”
Chris Dixon Jul 26, 2018 ▶ 1:22 Crypto and Decentralization: Building Blocks
Nov 29, 2018 positive
Opinion
Rampell: Computers price and time real estate listings better than agents
“Hard for them to tell, but computers just do a fundamentally better job of this than people.”
Alex Rampell Nov 29, 2018 ▶ 15:41 When Software Eats the Real (Estate) World
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Masters: Society risks conflating technological progress exclusively with computer innovation
“The more that, that goes we run the risk of just sort of conflating progress with computers and kind of stop, you know, stopping demanding it in all these other, you know, other contexts.”
Blake Masters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:31 a16z Podcast | Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of “Zero to One”
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Disclosure
Hindawi: Many enterprise clients lack basic awareness of their IT assets
“And many of our customers, before we walk in there, don't have any idea. They don't know how many subnets they have. They don't know how many computers they have. They don't know what's running on those computers. They don't know where their data is.”
Orion Hindawi Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 26:56 a16z Podcast | Getting Security Right Isn’t as Hard as You Think (But the Effort Never Ends)
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Evans: Computers should never ask questions they can calculate themselves
“A computer should never ask a question. It should be able to work out the answer to.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:49 a16z Podcast | Location, Location, Location -- and Mobile
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kirby: Workplace computers eliminate specific tasks, not entire jobs
“When computers move into a workplace, they never take anybody's entire job, that what they do is they take away certain tasks”
Julia Kirby Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:22 a16z Podcast | Automation, Jobs, & the Future of Work (and Income)
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Fei-Fei Li: Human brain and motor speed are drastically slower than transistors
“Compared to computers, humans are extremely slow computing machines. The information transfer in our brain is very slow compared to transistors. And add on top of that, our motor system You know, from our brain to our muscles is even slower.”
Fei-Fei Li Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:39 a16z Podcast | When Humanity Meets A.I.
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
McAfee: Humans retain a massive advantage over AI as native speakers of human reality
“We are the native speakers of the human created world. Computers are doing this as their second language. We, I believe we have a massive advantage. We are the native speakers about this reality around us.”
Andrew McAfee (Andy) Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:34 a16z Podcast | Companies, Networks, Crowds
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Rachleff: Computers perform routine investing tasks better than humans
“Almost everything in investing that's good practice is really routine, and computers are a lot better at routine things than people.”
Andy Rachleff Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:52 a16z Podcast | From Teaching Leadership to Being a Leader
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Touretzky: In 20 years, all youth will grow up with computer vision
“20 years from now, No young person will have grown up in a world where computers could see, right? Computers could always see.”
Dave Turetsky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:15 a16z Podcast | The IQ and EQ of Robots
Jan 9, 2023 positive
Insight
Andreessen: AI software allows computers to handle real-world messiness
“The way I describe it to kind of normies is that, you know, that sort of unlocks the ability for computers to more and more interact with the real world. Yes. And with the messiness of the real world, right, and the probabilistic nature of the real world.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 9, 2023 ▶ 3:16 Expert AI as a Healthcare Superpower
Jan 15, 2026 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: AI reinvents computing beyond anything built in 50 years
“We reinvented the computer, and the new computer is far better than the one that we have been building on for the last 50 or so years.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 15, 2026 ▶ 0:16 Ben & Marc: Why Everything Is About to Get 10x Bigger
Apr 13, 2026
Insight
Jessie Genet: AI agents should run on hardware isolated from personal files
“It's not about needing a Mac mini. It is about needing a computer that is isolated from your personal files.”
Jessie Genet Apr 13, 2026 ▶ 28:46 Building Agents at Home: Homeschooling, Parenting and More | The a16z Show
Jun 8, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Evans: In 20 years, advanced AI capabilities will be taken for granted
“And I think that's really my kind of one line description of how all of this is going to end up. It's going to be magic. And in 20 years time, we'll just say, well, of course, that's how it is. Computers have always done that.”
Benedict Evans Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 59:51 The Economics of AI Usage and What's Next For SaaS | Benedict Evans on a16z
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