computers

6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jul 11, 2025 by Ryan Petersen · across every show →

Everything said about computers, oldest first

Jul 11, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Petersen: Importers Classify Products As Computers to Evade 30% Tariffs
“Computers are exempted right now. There's a computer and everything, so everybody in the world is trying to claim that this is actually a computer. It's not a watch, it's a computer, and then you get, you know, how do you get I've seen a lot of different peopl…”
Ryan Petersen Jul 11, 2025 ▶ 21:53 Is The U.S. Losing Trump's Trade War? — Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen
Dec 18, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Altman: Computing will shift to proactive AI ill-suited to current devices
“I think there will be a shift over time to the way people use computers, where they go from a sort of Dumb, reactive thing to a very smart, proactive thing that is understanding your whole life, your context, everything going on around you, very aware of The p…”
Sam Altman Dec 18, 2025 ▶ 46:50 Sam Altman: How OpenAI Wins, ChatGPT’s Future, AI Buildout Logic, IPO in 2026?
Jan 20, 2026 neutral
Insight
Amon: Multimodal AI fundamentally changes the definition of a computer
“Now the computers understand what we see, what we say, what we write and that changes a little bit, the human computer interface. And with that changes the whole you know, definition of what the computer is.”
Cristiano Amon Jan 20, 2026 ▶ 7:12 Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon: Future Of AI Devices, AI Fashion, Blending Reality and Computing
Feb 25, 2026
Insight
Pollan: Brain Hardware and Software Are Indistinguishable Unlike in Computers
“In computers, you can run the same software on any number of different hardwares. But in brains, hardware and software are absolutely indistinguishable. Every experience, every memory is a physical set of connections in the brain.”
Michael Pollan Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 6:11 Can AI Become Conscious? — With Michael Pollan
Jul 6, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kantrowitz: AI Agents Will Replace Standard Computing Interfaces Within 5-10 Years
“The idea of us using the internet and using our computers in the same way that we are today, 10 years or five years even down the road, It's not gonna happen. I do think that most of it will happen by these, like, smart AIs that just understand everything abou…”
Alex Kantrowitz Jul 6, 2026 ▶ 11:28 Who Wins The AI Superapp Battle?, Apple’s Consumer AI Victory, World Cup Automation Mistake
Jul 8, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bosworth: AI models are still surprisingly bad at using computers
“AIs are actually still really weirdly bad at just using computers. Like it's like a, it's a surprisingly hard problem that is not well solved.”
Andrew Bosworth Jul 8, 2026 ▶ 38:47 Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth: Our Path To Frontier AI, Renting Models, Consumer AI's Struggles
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