Stanford
6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement May 18, 2023 by Elad Gil · across every show →
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May 18, 2023 neutral
Gil: Stanford's 1970s MYCIN AI outperformed doctors but was never clinically adopted
“In the 19 seventies, there was something known as the Mycene project at Stanford, where they built an expert system... They had a expert system that outperformed all of Stanford's medical staff on the prediction of the infectious disease that somebody had. So …”
Dec 14, 2023
Henry: Square acquired Khosla-backed ML startup around 2018 for AI tools
“Vinod Khosla was on our board for years and he had a portfolio company that was being courted by another company to acquire them. And Vinod called me up and said, Alyssa, you should go talk to these guys. And see if maybe, like, Square might be, ah, an interes…”
May 23, 2024 negative
Tan: Politically motivated education researchers control math curriculum debate
“There are researchers who are highly politically and ideologically motivated who have Control of the apparatus that is like, you know, sort of quote unquote science, I guess. And then you have real scientists, real mathematicians, real computer scientists at B…”
May 23, 2024
Tan: Without middle school algebra, I wouldn't have gotten into Stanford
“Like if I couldn't study algebra in middle school, if I couldn't study calculus by senior year, I couldn't have gotten into Stanford. I couldn't have studied computer science, and I never would have been able to participate in, like, what is the craziest thing…”
Mar 27, 2025 bullish
Rao: Stanford survey shows Abridge cuts clinician burnout by 50%
“We're seeing in the metrics that we use these validated instruments that we're reducing cognitive burden by, like, 60% within six weeks of a clinician using this, and clinician burnout per one survey that Stanford came up with, we reduced that by, like, 50% so…”
Feb 5, 2026 negative
Baszucki: Roblox ignores university pedigree as top talent bypasses elite schools
“Well, I think people typically think like I went to Stanford. That's where all the top talent is. We have found that not necessarily to be true. And we have found community college, you know, the small Midwestern engineering school, like, because we're assessi…”