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Chamath Palihapitiya compares LLMs to refrigeration, suggesting the biggest value (like Coca-Cola) is yet to be built.
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🎯“The people who invented refrigeration made some money, but most of the money was made by Coca-Cola, who used refrigeration to build an empire.
LLMs are like as refrigeration & the Coca-Cola has yet to be built”
~Chamath Palihapitiya (@chamath)
From “iConnections” https://t.co/Yb12BrImAV
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