@garrytan: The real tenor in SF is as it would be at the moment AI is usable, more or less at AGI, still expensive and the domain …
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Garry Tan comments on the current state of AI in San Francisco, comparing it to early AGI with high costs and a priesthood of builders, but predicts personal AI becoming ubiquitous.
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The real tenor in SF is as it would be at the moment AI is usable, more or less at AGI, still expensive and the domain of a priesthood
That priesthood is building now, and this is the moment the hobbyist and the inaccessible enterprise tech becomes ubiquitous
Personal AI coming
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