simulation
also referred to as: simulations
10 statements across 4 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Dec 6, 2025 by Pim de Witte · across every show →
Everything said about simulation, oldest first
Dec 6, 2025 bullish
Simulation will initially be a larger commercial AI market than physical deployment
“I think simulation will actually be the larger market initially. So I think in simulation because you have very little constraints also from a safety perspective, simulation is much easier. So I think a lot of the takeoff initially sits in simulation.”
Jan 28, 2026 bearish
Jan 28, 2026
White: Simulating biological systems hits fundamental limits; empirical lab measurement is unavoidable
“Basically the best model whatever, Opus seven or GPT 10, like it really can only propose the first experiment, maybe slightly more clever, but at a certain point you just need information, right? Like some little calculations you can do that, like, there's mor…”
Apr 27, 2026
Younis: Simulation cannot eliminate real-world testing due to escalating reproduction costs
“There is a meniscus line where you cross where still doing real world testing is better. There's a, in the central real gap, you can reproduce reality at exceedingly expensive costs. And this, nothing is free. So really you have to refining that line where you…”
Apr 27, 2026
Ludwig: Initial simulations never represent reality without sim-to-real feedback loops
“So at first go, no simulation is, is going to represent the real world. There's always a process of this sim to real matching where you actually, you need the real world feedback to basically feed into the parameters that are being used in the simulator.”
Aug 21, 2026 positive
Aug 21, 2026 neutral
Park: Decision-makers want simulation to shape the future, not predict it
“The reason why people are interested in simulation actually isn't because they want to predict the future. If you're winning against, if you're trying to win against a stock market, predicting the future is interesting, but most people, most decision makers, w…”
Aug 21, 2026 bullish
Aug 21, 2026 bullish
Aug 21, 2026 positive
Park: Agent simulations beat multi-year field trials via instant repeated execution
“This is the reason why you want to run a simulation. You spend five years, forty million dollars on this one study and have one finding. But if you can run simulation many, many times instantly, then that's the value.”