Seriously? Another VC Talking About AI.
Ugh. Fine. Vinod Khosla, the guy who made a fortune and now pontificates, rambled at TechCrunch Disrupt about… surprise! …AI. Apparently, everything needs to be a “moonshot” these days. Like we haven’t heard *that* before. He thinks focusing on incremental improvements is for losers – because apparently building something useful slowly is beneath him.
The gist? Khosla wants startups to tackle HUGE problems with AI, specifically in areas like biotech (because that’s not overhyped at all), manufacturing and energy. He’s obsessed with the idea of 100x better solutions, not just 10% improvements. He thinks current AI is mostly bullshit, a lot of “pattern matching” and not actual intelligence. Shocking.
He also believes that truly enduring companies will be built on *real* technology – meaning stuff that’s hard to copy, like deep science or novel materials. And he’s apparently looking for founders who are willing to ignore market feedback because they “know better”. Fantastic. Just what we need: more arrogant tech bros.
Oh, and he thinks the biggest risk isn’t technical, it’s finding enough people with the *right* kind of crazy ambition. Because apparently a lack of common sense is now a desirable trait in entrepreneurs. He also said something about needing to be “capital efficient” which is VC speak for “squeeze every last drop of work out of your employees before you run out of money”.
Basically, it’s the same old song and dance: chase big dreams, ignore reality, and hope someone else funds your folly. Don’t bother with anything practical.
Speaking of “ambition”, I once had to debug a routing issue caused by a sysadmin who decided to implement a new protocol *without* reading the documentation. He was convinced his way was better. It took me three days, two all-nighters and an obscene amount of caffeine to fix his mess. That’s the kind of “ambition” Khosla probably loves.
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