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Ohanian: Next generation of social media will be verifiably human
“And so I think we'll see a next generation of social media emerge. That's verifiably human.”
Ohanian: Future entertainment is AI-generated; live sports are uniquely resilient
“The future of Hollywood, the entertainment industry, the music industry is going to be largely AI generated or assisted. The appointment television, aside from live, you know, breaking tech and business news sport is like guaranteed. And the celebrity of being…”
Ohanian: People will increasingly spin up entire apps as content
“Maybe that's the other secular shift we're seeing is that people are going to be spinning up entire apps as content that will obviously need a place to get to, and links.”
Ohanian Predicts 10% of Humanity Will Fall in Love With AI
“Frankly, you know, probably 10% of humanity will fall in some way in, in love with, or in obsession with some kind of an AI in the same way we lost people to MMORPGs or what have you.”
Ohanian: Capital-disciplined founders will dominate without blitzscaling headcount
“The founders that can maintain their discipline with a ton of cash sitting in their bank account are going to dominate in such a great way because we know you aren't going to need to blitz scale like a decade before you have no excuse for trying to get hundred…”
Ohanian: Next-Gen AI Hardware Interfaces Will Be Voice-First
“There's an AI first, almost a voice first version that I'm expecting.”
Ohanian: Digg relaunch will initially capture older geeks seeking internet nostalgia
“I think the first beachhead for dig relaunched ends up being the, look, I'm 41, almost 42. It's like the old head nostalgia for a vibe Z internet... So I assume it's going to be a lot of the like older geeks who were, you know, big dig fans who love, you know,…”