physics

3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 2, 2023 by Ben Horowitz · across every show →

Everything said about physics, oldest first

Aug 2, 2023 neutral
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Horowitz: AI large language models are more analogous to physics than weapons
“When you think about the responsibilities of AI, I think you know, the model is actually more analogous to physics. Like literally the study of physics itself than the weapon.”
Ben Horowitz Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 1:26:45 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Sep 30, 2025 positive
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Fedus: Physics provides ideal verifiable reward functions for AI
“Physics is very verifiable. It's a great reward function, fairly fast iteration loop. You have simulators for large classes of physical systems.”
Liam Fedus Sep 30, 2025 ▶ 3:35 Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture
Sep 30, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fedus: Physics and chemistry demonstrate scaling laws similar to AI
“On the material science side, we're seeing scaling laws within physics, within chemistry both with respect to simulations, with respect to experiment, and it's like the same kind of principles at play and ML.”
Liam Fedus Sep 30, 2025 ▶ 3:02 Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture
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