AI technology

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 2, 2015 by Ben Medlock · across every show →

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Apr 2, 2015 negative

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Medlock: 2015 AI technology cannot abstract concepts across domains

“This is what the human brain does so incredibly well, and what our technology today is currently almost entirely unable to do.”

Ben Medlock Apr 2, 2015 ▶ 5:37 Ben Medlock, SwiftKey // Building a Better Keyboard // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

Apr 9, 2018

Opinion

Glaser: Executives, customers, and governments do not understand AI technology

“I'm here to tell you as a CEO, it's not going to be your CEO, and it's not going to be your users, and it's not going to be your customers, and it's not going to be your government, because they ultimately don't know how this technology works, and they ultimat…”

Harry Glaser Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 7:29 The Conscience of AI // Harry Glaser, Periscope Data (FirstMark's Data Driven)

Nov 8, 2024

Assertion Supported

Census data shows only 5% of U.S. businesses use AI directly

“Only five percent of American businesses say that they are using AI technology to produce goods or services.”

Matt Turck Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 53:02 Superintelligence, Bubbles And Big Bets: AI Investing in 2024 | Matt Turck & Aman Kabeer, FirstMark

Feb 26, 2026 positive

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Today's AI can solve math problems that take human researchers months

“I think that we are at a threshold of mathematical renaissance, which is to realize that there are so many unsolved problems that will currently take, say, researchers months to crack, or even technical lemmas in those really longstanding conjectures that we b…”

Corinna Hong Feb 26, 2026 ▶ 6:14 AI That Can Prove It’s Right: Verification as the Missing Layer in AI — Carina Hong

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