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 →

Everything said about Stanford, oldest first

May 18, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
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 …”
Elad Gil May 18, 2023 ▶ 33:58 No Priors Ep. 17 | With Karan Singhal
Dec 14, 2023
Disclosure
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…”
Alyssa Henry Dec 14, 2023 ▶ 15:28 No Priors Ep. 44 | With Former Square CEO Alyssa Henry
May 23, 2024 negative
Opinion
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…”
Garry Tan May 23, 2024 ▶ 35:47 No Priors Ep 66 | With Y Combinator President and CEO Garry Tan
May 23, 2024
What-if
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…”
Garry Tan May 23, 2024 ▶ 34:25 No Priors Ep 66 | With Y Combinator President and CEO Garry Tan
Mar 27, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
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…”
Dr. Shiv Rao Mar 27, 2025 ▶ 24:14 No Priors Ep. 108 | With Abridge Founder and CEO Shiv Rao, MD
Feb 5, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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…”
David Baszucki Feb 5, 2026 ▶ 40:19 How AI Will Transform Roblox Games into Photorealistic Worlds | CEO David Baszucki
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