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Re:Marc Andreessen's AI manifesto hurts his own cause by mcguire on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @02:14PM (#37919212)
I don't know that Andreessen is going to compete in building AI technology; I suspect he is looking at applying it to the military and defense industry.

Andeessen Horowitz has been noted as moving into the defense contracting arena over the last few years.

https://a16z.com/announcement/anduril/

https://a16z.com/building-american-dynamism/

https://a16z.com/how-the-u-s-can-rewire-the-pentagon-for-a-n...

Anyone looking forward to our new LLM-powered Unmanned Combat Systems era?

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Re:Marc Andreessen's AI manifesto hurts his own cause by geodel on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @02:27PM (#37919410)
Well yeah, specially if endorsed by Andeessen!

Who better than this selfless, always right, tech visionary. He is not about some shady hustle to make quick money.

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Re:Marc Andreessen's AI manifesto hurts his own cause by alephnerd on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @02:52PM (#37919810)
> he is looking at applying it to the military and defense industry

The Investment Partners in the Enterprise and American Dynamism portions of A16Z are working with a significant amount of autonomy. I don't think he has much day-to-day involvement there. I think it's another Board Partner that manages that portion

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