A historical collection of our writing.
Now we are getting to the biggest and weirdest risk of AI: a super intelligence emerging and wiping out humanity in pursuit of its own goals. To a lot of people this seems like a totally absurd idea, held only by a tiny fringe of people who appear weird and borderline culty. It seems so […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Now we are getting to the biggest and weirdest risk of AI: a super intelligence emerging and wiping out humanity in pursuit of its own goals. To a lot of people this seems like a totally absurd idea, held only by a tiny fringe of people who appear weird and borderline culty. It seems so […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird ‘s platform. It is a friends and family program at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn called Gertie . Blackbird wrote about it today on their excellent Supersonic blog : Throughout, when you tap Gertie’s Blackbird-powered […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
In my prior post I wrote about structural risk from AI . Today I want to start delving into existential risk. This broadly comes in two not entirely distinct subtypes: first, that we lose any grip on reality which could result in a Matrix style scenario or global war of all against all and second, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
In my prior post I wrote about structural risk from AI . Today I want to start delving into existential risk. This broadly comes in two not entirely distinct subtypes: first, that we lose any grip on reality which could result in a Matrix style scenario or global war of all against all and second, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonUSV is an investor in Bolster , a marketplace for fractional and full-time executive talent for startups and growth companies. This week Bolster launched a daily short (5min) podcast and email with actionable insights and advice from founders, operators, and investors. It is called The Daily […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
