This Week in Startups: AI’s Future: Opportunity, Regulation & Limits with Vinny Lingham & Sunny Madra | E1729
Jason Calacanis 4/26/23 - Episode Page
Vinny and Sunny join Jason to discuss the three phases of AI adoption and the emergence of new business models (1:55), which leads to a conversation about Grimes open-sourcing her AI-generated vocals before debating whether the government should regulate AI (24:57). They wrap with a conversation about AI’s technical constraints, OpenAI’s transparency issues, and the future of startups (39:31).
(0:00) Show start
(1:04) Vinny and Sunny join Jason
(1:55) The three phases of AI adoption
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(12:41) Building AI applications
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(19:59) Emerging business models
(24:57) Grimes’ approach to AI-generated music
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(30:04) Regulating AI
(39:31) The technical constraints of AI
(45:33) Becoming more efficient with AI
(51:16) OpenAI’s lack of transparency
(1:01:44) Lessons from Mahalo
(1:05:55) The future of startups
(1:08:36) Reflecting on the Starship launch
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