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Genetic Algorithms

topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 2 episodes

the Y Combinator Startup Podcast the a16z Podcast

3 statements about Genetic Algorithms, every show

Y COMBINATOR What-if
Chollet: Equal investment in genetic algorithms would have yielded exciting results
“If you had thrown the same amount of investment into almost anything else, you would also have seen extremely exciting results, like genetic algorithms, for instance.”
François Chollet Mar 27, 2026 ▶ 46:45 François Chollet: Why Scaling Alone Isn’t Enough for AGI · Y Combinator
Y COMBINATOR Insight
Chollet: Scaling genetic algorithms could automate scientific discovery
“If you try to scale up genetic algorithms, I mean, I'm sure you can do incredible things with that. You could, in fact, probably do new science. Because that's based on search, and search is the best fit for automating the scientific method.”
François Chollet Mar 27, 2026 ▶ 47:04 François Chollet: Why Scaling Alone Isn’t Enough for AGI · Y Combinator
a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated
Schuler: Genetic algorithms will never succeed in capital markets
“If you take a look at capital markets, the domain space is, I mean, the dimensionality of data is so huge that a genetic algorithm is never going to get there.”
Cameron Schuler Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 23:46 a16z Podcast | Machine Intelligence, from University to Industry

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