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4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 11, 2021 by Barack Obama · across every show →

Everything said about software, oldest first

Jun 11, 2021 negative

Assertion Contradicted

Obama: Federal procurement rules forced waterfall development instead of iterative scaling

“Because of the procurement rules, the way we bought software was this massive stack of specs and working with these huge contractors as opposed to an iterative process of buying software and problem solving and starting small and scaling up.”

Barack Obama Jun 11, 2021 ▶ 2:34 President Barack Obama: How to adapt to changing rules, part 2

Aug 8, 2024 bullish

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Taylor: AI software will complete jobs rather than just enhance productivity

“I also think that more and more software will actually complete a job. I think software to date has been a productivity enhancer. Now we're going to have AI that actually returns the results of doing work.”

Bret Taylor Aug 8, 2024 ▶ 6:26 OpenAI’s Bret Taylor & Reid Hoffman: Your business can’t wait until AI is perfect | Masters of Scale

Apr 3, 2025 neutral

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Hoffman: Most AI talent is currently focused on software applications

“Currently, most of the AI people are all looking at all the software stuff. They're all kind of, like, how does the software stuff work?”

Reid Hoffman Apr 3, 2025 ▶ 2:08 Reid Hoffman's AI start-up aims to cure cancer | Masters of Scale

Apr 17, 2025 negative

Insight

Eidelman: Software alone cannot transform human-centric veterinary care

“I think otherwise software alone is not going to change. What is an incredibly human experience”

Steven Eidelman Apr 17, 2025 ▶ 30:05 Rebuilding a broken industry from scratch (Modern Animal's Steven Eidelman) | Masters of Scale

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