inventor

also referred to as: inventors

4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Kevin Kelly · across every show →

Everything said about inventor, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Kevin Kelly: Inventors rarely know how their technology will ultimately be used
“Most of the inventors don't even have any idea what the technology really ultimately be used for.”
Kevin Kelly Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:26 a16z Podcast | Not If, But How -- When Technology is Inevitable (with Kevin Kelly)
Dec 27, 2022
Insight
Wozniak: People are innately either engineers or inventors, not both
“You don't change it. You don't just say tomorrow I'm going to be an inventor. Today I'm an engineer. You're usually one or the other.”
Steve Wozniak Dec 27, 2022 ▶ 25:30 a16z Podcast: Best Clips of 2022
Jun 28, 2024 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: The idea that successful founders are born rich is disinformation
“One of the largest disinformation campaigns going is this whole idea that people, entrepreneurs and people who invent things are kind of born with a silver spoon in their mouth.”
Ben Horowitz Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 1:21 Marc Andreessen on Inventing The Internet Browser (How We all Access the Internet)
Mar 20, 2026 negative
Opinion
Sankar: AI developers lack special insight into AI's societal impacts
“Today, when we listen to the AI doomerism, we're listening to the inventors who are incredibly smart, but just like their creations, they have their own jagged intelligence. You know, just because they were smart at building the model doesn't mean they're goin…”
Shyam Sankar Mar 20, 2026 ▶ 32:38 Palantir CTO on The SaaS Apocalypse & Preventing The Next World War | a16z
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