tools

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Marc Andreessen · across every show →

Everything said about tools, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Technology will continue augmenting human capabilities rather than replacing them
“I'm an extreme optimist on this. I think we just make better and better tools all the time. And the tools help us as humans magnify our abilities. They don't take away from what we can do. They help us do more than we could possibly do before. And I think that…”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:51 a16z Podcast | Tech's Biggest Ideas and How They Take Hold -- With Marc Andreessen and Dan Siroker
May 9, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: AI economic value will accrue to tools, not base models
“The actual layer where the value is gonna crew is gonna be like tools, orchestration, that kind of thing, because you can just plug in whatever the best model is at the time. Whereas the models are gonna be competing, you know, in a death battle with each othe…”
Ben Horowitz May 9, 2024 ▶ 29:05 Build Your Startup With AI
Nov 17, 2025 negative
Insight
Shear: Certain ultra-powerful tools exceed human wisdom and should not be built
“There's a power of tool that, that just should not be built. Generally because we, it's, it is more power than any human's individual wisdom is available to harness.”
Emmett Shear Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 50:02 Emmett Shear on Building AI That Actually Cares: Beyond Control and Steering
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