chatbots

also referred to as: chat bot · chatbot

6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Sep 28, 2017 by Bradford Cross · across every show →

Everything said about chatbots, oldest first

Sep 28, 2017 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Standalone chatbots will eventually be absorbed into broader software platforms
“What'll happen is they end up getting folded into systems that really meet the more basic human needs.”
Bradford Cross Sep 28, 2017 ▶ 9:08 AI Startup Predictions // Bradford Cross - A fireside chat with Matt Turck (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Nov 1, 2023
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Srinivas: Conversational AI will replace 10 blue links in 5-10 years
“If you have like deeper, more complex questions with five or 10 years from now, like you're not going to consume 10 blue links. It's going to be a chat bot or a system that you just ask questions like how you would ask another person.”
Aravind Srinivas Nov 1, 2023 ▶ 20:16 Perplexity AI CEO on Dethroning Google & Redefining Search
Feb 29, 2024 positive
Insight
Traynor: Public quickly accepted that modern AI chatbots work
“The biggest learning for me has been how quickly the public have gotten on board with the idea that chatbots work now, you know.”
Des Traynor Feb 29, 2024 ▶ 17:37 How Intercom transitioned to being AI-first | Des Traynor, Co-Founder of Intercom
May 29, 2025 negative
Opinion
Chatbots are like calculators, inadequate for serious enterprise knowledge work
“Chatbots are, in my eyes, like the TI-eighty-four, or like the HP-twelve-c, like a calculator. It's a one-off, you know, I'm gonna go and put in my equation and then get a response. Nobody does their taxes in a calculator. Nobody, you know, computes a DCF or, …”
George Sivulka May 29, 2025 ▶ 24:10 AI That Ends Busy Work — Hebbia CEO on “Agent Employees”
May 29, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Enterprises will still be deploying AI in chatbot form in 10 years
“We will still be deploying AI. In its current form as a chatbot in 10 years.”
George Sivulka May 29, 2025 ▶ 14:10 AI That Ends Busy Work — Hebbia CEO on “Agent Employees”
Sep 4, 2025 neutral
Insight
Valenzuela: AI video data curation relies on taste because art lacks objective answers
“In art, or in video, or in filmmaking, or in just, like, any artistic mean endeavor, There's no such thing as a right or wrong answer. There is in, like, there is in, in, in a chatbot or in a search engine. And so a lot has to do with just training the right e…”
Cris Valenzuela Sep 4, 2025 ▶ 45:35 AI Video’s Wild Year – Runway CEO on What’s Next
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