Autonomous Systems

topic on 7 shows · 11 statements across 10 episodes

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11 statements about Autonomous Systems, every show

ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Mavrucas: Only 1% of the defense budget goes to autonomous systems
“When you look at the overall defense department of war's budget, One percent goes to autonomous systems.”
Dino Mavrucas Aug 5, 2026 ▶ 24:46 China Outbuilds America 230-to-1. Saronic Has a Plan
a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated
Younis: All physical machinery will become autonomous over a 20-year horizon
“All these things will be fully autonomous. But the intermittent steps are very much what we saw in the PC, where you have this slow step up to one day that'll be like, now nobody really looks at laptop specs and even maybe, frankly, your phone specs. But that'…”
Qasar Younis Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 31:28 Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | The a16z Show
20VC Prediction Not checkable as stated
Steckman: Autonomous systems will eventually replace every single military mission
“I believe that that is true in the long run. I also believe that we're not even close to where a lot of people think we are on it. Like I think we're still in the early days on, on tons of this tech. But as time goes to infinity, like absolutely every single m…”
Matthew Steckman Mar 23, 2026 ▶ 52:30 99% of Drone Companies Will Die & Why Anduril’s Products Aren’t an Ethics Debate | Matthew Steckman · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Jensen Huang predicts everything that moves will eventually be autonomous
“We believe that everything that moves will be autonomous, completely or partly. Someday.”
Jensen Huang Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 40:38 Jensen Huang: Nvidia's Future, Physical AI, Rise of the Agent, Inference Explosion, AI PR Crisis
NO PRIORS Prediction Open · timeframe Jan 2036
Michael: Autonomous systems could consume 30% of defense budget within 10 years
“So, you know, in 10 years, it wouldn't surprise me if 20, 30% of the budget is, is, is spent on those kinds of systems.”
Emil Michael Jan 15, 2026 ▶ 10:20 The Largest Untapped Market Inside U.S. Defense | Emil Michael
a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated
Schimpf: Next 30 years of defense tech relies on cheap autonomous systems
“So number one, the tech for the next 20 or 30 years was going to be like primarily how do you just have more cheap autonomous systems on the battlefield, just more sensors, just more information flowing in.”
Brian Schimpf Jan 28, 2025 ▶ 0:30 How AI Is Changing Warfare, with Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf
a16z Opinion
Schimpf: Defense Department needs Project Warp Speed for autonomous weapons
“I think there's, I think you have to do both, right? So you've got to say, like, look, like, yeah, we need a warp speed for autonomous systems or weapons. Like, we need that, right? Like, that's a no brainer that we need to have. And in doing that, you can tea…”
Brian Schimpf Jan 28, 2025 ▶ 30:38 How AI Is Changing Warfare, with Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf
BG2 Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gerstner: AI Evolved From Copilots to Autonomous Systems in Under Two Years
“We've gone from co-pilot to some of these, maybe a little bit more autonomous systems, magic and cognition, all of this in less than two years.”
Brad Gerstner Apr 4, 2024 ▶ 4:36 Ep6. AI Demand / Supply - Models, Agents, the $2T Compute Build Out, Need for More Nuclear & More · Bg2 Pod
Cook: Apple sees autonomous systems as the mother of all AI projects
“There is a major disruption looming there. What we've talked about focusing on publicly is we're focusing on autonomous systems, and, ah, clearly one purpose of autonomous systems is self-driving cars. There are others, ah, and we sort of see it as the mother …”
Tim Cook Mar 28, 2024 ▶ 2:46 Inside Apple’s failed car program
a16z Opinion
F-35 fighters are merely incremental improvements compared to autonomous systems
“The ability to use autonomous systems is, in effect, like a new way of operating, whereas, you know, F-thirty-five and all these were sort of Incremental improvements to, like, a conventional way we've been fighting for quite a long time.”
Brian Schimpf Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 5:44 Securing America's Future: How Technology Companies and Washington Are Building A Safer World
NEON SHOW Prediction Not checkable as stated
Autonomous systems will drive enterprise growth as mandatory in-office work declines
“I think people are not necessarily going to feel that you have to be at work Monday to Friday or Monday to Saturday, but the future of work is here. So, so autonomous systems will drive, you know, a lot of the growth and I think, you know, enterprises start pi…”
Sanjay Nath Apr 19, 2020 ▶ 14:16 Blume Ventures: Sanjay Nath on Post Covid-19 Scenario for Startups & Building Future of Work

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