Re:Marc Andreessen on the atomization of AI
by epberry on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @11:17PM
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I think your second question is the biggest thing. If you're developing some groundbreaking technology or doing heavy research you face a bunch of gnarly questions. How to convince investors when the climate favors revenue and customers over technological promise? How to attract users or customers to some subset of what you're doing while you build the larger thing? How to explain to everyone what you're doing if, as in research, you don't have a 100% clear idea of where you're going to end up?
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Re:Marc Andreessen on the atomization of AI
by outsideline on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @01:58AM
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Not everyone has 'vision' and its hard convincing those who don't have it to see the potential in your idea before its fully formed. In cases of fundamental technology like Ai, there should be a national effort to fund individuals and people who want to passionately pursue it. Europe has been on top of the ball when it comes to this lately.
Thankfully we live in an age in which the most important research to developing fundamental things like Ai is 'time'. If you have an internet connection and a reasonably decent computer, you have enough resources to create AGi.
If you passionately care about seeing your idea through, save up money, move to a cheaper location, wire your computer to the internet, and get to work.
Once you've proven your vision, who can deny you then? Slam it on the boardroom table, disrupt present day business models, and be the next tech giant.
Re:Marc Andreessen on the atomization of AI
by AndrewKemendo on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @01:24AM
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You just summed up my entire life for the past year. My answer: be a known entity that can get a ton of cash before you have a product. That seems to be the best way. Otherwise you grind it out really hard like I/we are doing. It's exceptionally difficult.