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Nick Grossman에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 Nick Grossman 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.

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The Slow Hunch explores how big ideas form over long periods of time. Big innovations are often characterised as single “eureka” moments, when in fact they're often the culmination of many smaller ideas coalescing over a long period of time. On this podcast, USV's Nick Grossman explores how those ideas took shape, and the nonlinear paths of the people behind them.

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MC Lader & Marvin Ammori (Uniswap) 1:08:37

6일 전1:08:37

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In this episode of The Slow Hunch, I spoke with MC Lader and Marvin Ammori, who spent four years together helping build Uniswap into one of the most important companies in decentralized finance. MC was President and COO; Marvin served as Chief Legal Officer after a long career as one of the internet’s leading policy lawyers. We traced their shared slow hunch that technology can shift power: first through the open internet, and later through open financial systems. We also spoke about the parallels between the net neutrality battles of the 2000s and the present-day struggle over how crypto is regulated, the challenge of building in the face of policy headwinds, and why stablecoins, programmable markets, and open protocols are placed to be the next rails for global finance. This was a fun conversation, recorded at a moment when the policy climate for crypto is starting to thaw. Hope you enjoy! Chapters: 00:00:00 Cold open - policy headwinds under Gary Gensler 00:05:50 Their shared slow hunch: technology as a force for redistributing power 00:14:47 Winning the net neutrality fight 00:18:36 First encounters with Bitcoin 00:21:14 Parallels between the open internet and DeF 00:22:58 Spotting early policy threats and forming the DeFi Education Fund 00:23:34 Marvin recruits MC to Uniswap Labs 00:29:27 Scaling Uniswap from a tiny team to a full-stack protocol 00:34:36 Navigating growth amid SEC opposition 00:39:11 Gary Gensler’s impact on US crypto entrepreneurship 00:40:45 Stablecoins as the “lily pad” for mainstream adoption 00:43:20 Shifting perceptions on Wall Street 00:46:12 What’s next: stablecoins, tokenized markets, and on-chain identity 00:47:00 Building open, permissionless financial infrastructure 00:51:52 Potential risks: fraud, systemic stability, surveillance 00:55:45 Stablecoins vs. the fragility of traditional banks 00:57:53 Privacy, regulation, and zero-knowledge proofs 01:00:00 From DeFi to AllFi: what moves on-chain first? 01:04:11 Building for consumers versus institutions 01:06:03 Making money feel more human 01:08:49 Access to capital as a pillar of opportunity…

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Dan Romero & Varun Srinivasan (Co-founders of Farcaster) 1:17:36

27일 전1:17:36

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In this episode of The Slow Hunch, I spoke with Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, the co-founders of Farcaster. Farcaster is a social app and protocol that is open, programmable, and crypto-native. Before starting Farcaster, both Dan and Varun spent a few years at Coinbase. That experience deeply shaped their perspective on crypto infrastructure, user behavior, and what it takes to build a “sufficiently decentralized” experience at scale. In this conversation we trace their slow hunch: the idea that social networks needed to be rebuilt from the ground up, as decentralized protocols with credible neutrality, shared state, and a design space open to builders. We talked about what they got wrong early on (too much focus on architecture, not enough on user acquisition), how crypto enables new interaction primitives like tipping and token-based identity, and why open programmability (not just ideology) is Farcaster’s biggest edge. Hope you enjoy! Chapters: 00:00:00 Cold open 00:02:20 What makes Farcaster different 00:06:45 Early crypto days at Coinbase 00:10:30 Discovering a shared vision for decentralized protocols 00:16:07 Why the infrastructure is ready now 00:20:55 The social landscape in 2020: Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky 00:23:00 Elon acquires Twitter, FTX, and the narrative shift in decentralized social 00:24:53 Designing for "sufficient decentralization" 00:29:26 Why the obsession over pure decentralization is a distraction 00:32:05 The Farcaster launch story - how they got their first users 00:34:30 Why social protocols take time to grow 00:36:28 Inventing new content primitives instead of choosing political sides 00:41:00 What crypto rails enable: Wallets, tipping, and programmable social UX 00:42:38 Reframing money as social interaction 00:43:56 Why crypto feels contrarian 00:45:59 Crypto as the last frontier of indie building 00:47:01 AI vs crypto as platforms for small creators 00:49:40 Hiding vs embracing crypto in UX 00:50:55 Dan and Varun’s evolving view on abstracting away the chain 00:54:00 The adjacent possible: mini-apps, embedded wallets, AI video 00:59:00 Using AI to surface context + trending content 01:00:54 What big platforms won’t do: programmable money 01:03:57 Crowdsourced Q&A – early Farcaster days 01:06:53 Why mobile UX is everything 01:07:00 The surprising difficulty of building other clients 01:08:43 Varun on shifting from text to video 01:13:00 Why they cut encrypted messaging 01:15:00 Closing thoughts…

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Ben Leventhal (Founder & CEO, Blackbird) 1:07:09

8 weeks 전1:07:09

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In this episode of The Slow Hunch, I spoke with Ben Leventhal, the founder and CEO of Blackbird. Ben has spent the past two decades reimagining the restaurant industry, having previously co-founded Eater and Resy. The throughline that connects his efforts is a strong belief that restaurants are universally loved but fundamentally broken businesses—and that there must be a better way to run what is a trillion dollar industry in the United States alone. We talked about what’s gone wrong with the restaurant business model, why most restaurants struggle to turn a profit despite enormous consumer love, and how each of Ben’s ventures has tried to close that gap—first with content (Eater), then with mobile (Resy), and now with crypto (Blackbird). Through Blackbird, Ben is using crypto rails to build a restaurant-native platform currency: one that rewards regulars, strengthens margins, and builds more intimate ties between diners and the places they love. We recorded this conversation in my apartment in New York, just around the corner from a restaurant I paid for using Fly, Blackbird’s currency. Few founders have followed a hunch as consistently and creatively as Ben. Hope you enjoy! Chapters: 00:00:00 Cold open: why restaurants are broken 00:01:10 Introducing Ben Leventhal 00:02:00 Ben’s slow hunch: the status quo is always wrong 00:05:00 Falling in love with restaurants as a kid 00:08:00 She Loves New York: the proto-Eater newsletter 00:10:30 Early blogging and New York’s indie media scene 00:14:00 Starting Eater with Lockhart Steele 00:16:00 Eater as “sports coverage” for restaurants 00:18:00 Why restaurateurs initially hated Eater 00:20:30 Scooping the New York Times 00:22:00 The adjacent possible and building with new tools 00:24:30 Leaving Eater and exploring new projects 00:25:50 The Resy origin story 00:27:30 Resy’s mobile-first wedge: outdoor seating and Notify 00:31:00 Selling Resy to Amex 00:33:00 Why Resy was restaurant-first (and OpenTable wasn’t) 00:38:00 The COVID reset: restaurants become brands 00:45:00 The idea for Blackbird takes shape 00:52:00 Introducing Fly: a platform currency for restaurants 00:56:00 How Fly helps restaurants recapture value 01:00:00 Restaurant regulars as shareholders 01:03:00 Designing Blackbird to feel like a consumer app 01:04:00 What’s next: AI and the future of restaurant marketing…

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Juan Benet (Protocol Labs) 1:06:41

12 weeks 전1:06:41

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In this episode of The Slow Hunch, I spoke with Juan Benet, the founder and CEO of Protocol Labs. Juan is best known for creating IPFS and Filecoin—two foundational technologies in the decentralized web. Through Protocol Labs, Juan wants to use decentralized protocols to unlock new ways of organizing capital, governance, and research. This conversation was recorded more than a decade after we first met, when USV seed funded Protocol Labs. Juan is one of the deepest thinkers I know, so naturally this conversation has a wide aperture. We touched on internet history, crypto network design, public goods funding, and the future of intelligence itself. Hope you enjoy! Chapters: 00:00 Cold open 00:07:39 Discovering the power of P2P tech 00:11:10 Decentralization versus central planning 00:17:44 Juan’s slow hunch 00:21:16 Protocol Labs as a way to plug the R&D funding gap 00:24:03 The genesis of IPFS and Filecoin 00:30:45 Layering protocols for success 00:33:18 New frontiers in governance 00:41:09 The role of public utilities 00:47:39 Juan’s thoughts on the future of work 00:52:41 Blockchains as a governance layer for AI agents 01:01:32 Evolving into a new species…

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The Slow Hunch (Best of Season 1) 1:16:52

14 weeks 전1:16:52

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In this episode of The Slow Hunch, I’ve pulled together some of the best moments from Season 1. Across these conversations, what stood out was how many ‘inevitable’ ideas were, at one point, anything but. Venture veterans Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham reflected on decades of investing, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber spoke about her vision for decentralized social, and author and NotebookLM co-creator Steven Johnson unpacked the future of networked thought. We got a clearer view into how their slow hunches took shape — and where they’re headed next. Hope you enjoy! Chapters: 00:00:00 Cold open 00:02:53 Fraser Kelton (GP at Spark Capital, former Head of Product at OpenAI) 00:09:06 Dani Grant (CEO of Jam.dev) 00:20:02 Amir Haleem (Founder of Helium, CEO of Nova Labs) 00:25:10 Fred Wilson & Brad Burnham (Union Square Ventures) 00:30:40 Jake Heller (Co-founder & CEO of Casetext) 00:40:00 Steven Johnson (Author, Editorial at NotebookLM and Google Labs) 00:49:35 Muneeb Ali (Co-founder of Stacks, CEO at Trust Machines) 00:53:33 Jay Graber (CEO of Bluesky) 01:03:26 Zoe Weinberg (Founder, ex/ante) 01:09:25 Aaron Wright (Co-founder & CEO of Tribute Labs)…

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Aaron Wright (Co-founder & CEO of Tribute Labs) 1:11:19

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In this episode of the Slow Hunch, I spoke with Aaron Wright, the co-founder and CEO of Tribute Labs. Aaron has been exploring how to harness the collective knowledge, energy, and capital of online communities for 20 years, from his early work at Wikipedia to his current focus on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and AI agents. Aaron believes major technological shifts lead to equally significant changes in organizational structures. He sees DAOs as the next evolution after the joint stock company that transformed capitalism centuries ago. According to him, thin layers of technology will enable coordination and collaboration at unprecedented scales - from hundreds to potentially millions of people. In our conversation, we explored how blockchains are enabling new forms of collaboration and how embedding AI on top of these coordination layers might fundamentally change how we organize ourselves and our capital. I've been following Aaron's work for years, and we've had the pleasure of investing in Tribute Labs at USV. Hope you enjoy! Chapters: 00:00:00 Cold open 00:02:07 Aaron’s slow hunch 00:10:58 The evolution of DAOs 00:15:31 Aaron’s early experiences at wikipedia and ethereum 00:37:21 His work with OpenLaw 00:42:46 The rise of investment DAOs 00:53:03 AI and the adjacent possible 01:08:30 The future of AI and ownership…

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Jay Graber (CEO of Bluesky) 47:21

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In this episode of the Slow Hunch, I spoke with Jay Graber, CEO of Bluesky. Originally conceived as an initiative within Twitter under Jack Dorsey, Bluesky was designed to transform Twitter from a closed platform to an open protocol-based network. Jay initially joined as an external researcher before being selected to lead the project, ultimately negotiating for Bluesky's independence before Elon Musk’s acquisition. Jay believes thoughtful systems design can reshape our online experiences. With Bluesky, she wants to prioritise user choice, portability, and the ability to vote with their feet if the platform makes changes they don't like. This was a conversation about social media’s “adjacent possible” - a potential shift from closed, monolithic platforms toward open, extensible systems that encourage experimentation and innovation at all levels. Hope you enjoy! Chapters: 00:00 Cold open 04:00 Jay’s background: from systems theory to digital rights activism 08:35 Trade-offs in systems design 16:19 The AT Protocol (atproto) 17:19 Bluesky’s origin story 25:26 How Bluesky differs from earlier decentralized social attempts 28:01 Giving users the ability to pick feeds and moderation 30:16 Early days of Bluesky 32:50 Public launch 37:24 Social media’s adjacent possible 46:13 Closing thoughts…

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Fred Wilson & Brad Burnham (Union Square Ventures) 1:15:00

24 weeks 전1:15:00

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In this special episode of the Slow Hunch, I sat down with Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham, founding partners of USV. Since founding USV in 2003, Fred and Brad have backed companies like Twitter, Etsy, Cloudflare, and Coinbase while developing an investment thesis focused on enabling new forms of value creation through open access to networks, capital, and knowledge. Fred and Brad bring decades of investment experience, having seen multiple tech cycles from the early internet to mobile, cloud, crypto, and now AI. What makes their partnership unique is how they've maintained their intellectual curiosity and drive to understand emerging technologies and business models, after 20+ years of working together. I've been lucky enough to have a front-row seat to their approach, and it was really special to have this conversation over multiple mugs of tea in my living room in New York City. In many ways, USV has been their collective slow hunch - an exploration of how emerging tech intersects with the world and how to be part of it. Hope you enjoy this conversation! Chapters: 00:00:00 Cold open 00:10:40 How USV was formed 00:17:16 Fred and Brad on their investment philosophy 00:24:01 Overcoming early challenges 00:27:43 The emergence of web2 00:30:59 The initial promise of social media 00:34:04 Investing in Twitter 00:39:11 The early days of Bitcoin 00:45:55 The risk of market consolidation in AI 00:49:39 Fred and Brad reflect on their mistakes 00:57:18 The Impact of AI 01:07:23 The future of technology 01:09:50 What keeps them going after 30+ years…

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Jake Heller (Co-founder & CEO of Casetext) 1:15:29

28 weeks 전1:15:29

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In this episode of the Slow Hunch, I spoke with Jake Heller, co-founder and CEO of Casetext, a legal tech startup that pioneered the use of large language models in the legal industry. Jake and his co-founders built Casetext over a decade — going through multiple pivots before eventually finding PMF as an AI tool that helped lawyers do better and faster legal research. In 2023, Casetext was acquired by Thomson Reuters for $650 million. In this conversation, Jake recounted how an early relationship with the research team at OpenAI got them access to GPT-4 (before the launch of ChatGPT!) and how they decided to hard pivot over the course of just two weeks. As a former lawyer himself, Jake has a unique take on the challenges of building and selling cutting-edge software in an industry that has traditionally been a late adopter of tech. This was a really fun conversation (you can probably tell because it’s longer than our usual episodes). Hope you enjoy! Chapters 00:00:00 Cold open 00:06:15 How Jake found himself in legal tech 00:10:07 Building Casetext 00:28:41 Getting early access to GPT-4 00:38:21 The AI pivot 00:46:38 Convincing the team 00:57:03 Engineering solutions to improve real-world performance 01:07:06 Jake’s thoughts on the future of the legal industry 01:14:29 Closing thoughts…

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Amir Haleem (Founder of Helium, CEO of Nova Labs) 53:31

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I spoke with Amir Haleem , founder of Helium and CEO of Nova Labs , about his journey building the world's largest decentralized wireless networks. Amir started Helium in 2013, with the initial vision to make it easier to connect IoT devices to the internet. After trying the traditional telecom playbook, he realized that combining crypto incentives with community participation could actually be key to scaling a truly global wireless network. In our conversation, we spoke about how Amir came to this realisation, and how he tackled all the challenges that come with building and securing such a network, from dealing with sophisticated attempts to game the system, to managing a decentralized and diverse community of stakeholders. Through Nova Labs and Helium, Amir wants to enable a future where decentralized communities play a major role in building and maintaining the networks that connect us. Hope you enjoy this conversation! Chapters: 00:00 Cold open 05:51 Amir’s thoughts on crypto incentives 11:15 The tradeoffs with community-led building 14:17 The pivot from IoT to wireless networks 25:28 Challenges with establishing “proof of coverage” 28:45 The balance between speed and perfection 42:43 Adapting to industry changes 45:24 Amir’s take on why entrepreneurship is so important 52:18 Amir’s closing reflections…

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Zoe Weinberg (Founder, ex/ante) 53:51

33 weeks 전53:51

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In this episode, I spoke to Zoe Weinberg, founder and managing partner of ex/ante, a venture fund focused on technology that enhances human agency. Zoe actively invests in a growing number of founders committed to empowering users by giving them control over their data and digital identities. Our conversation explored the ever present threat of digital authoritarianism, the product tradeoff between privacy and convenience, the potential of portable digital identities, and how emerging technologies impact democratic values. I hope you find this conversation insightful. Chapters: 00:00 Cold open 03:15 Human agency and technology 12:30 Zoe's thoughts on digital authoritarianism and surveillance capitalism 20:18 The product tradeoff between convenience and privacy 25:40 Portable digital identities 30:05 Zoe's take on tech and the state of democracy 36:20 The importance of user agency in emerging tech 40:12 Zoe's journey to founding ex/ante 45:00 Business models that support user agency 50:15 The potential of AI-driven privacy solutions 54:45 Closing reflections The Slow Hunch is produced by the team at Spectral.…

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Dani Grant (CEO of Jam.dev) 58:16

40 weeks 전58:16

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In this episode, I spoke to Dani Grant , CEO of Jam.dev , a tool that reimagines the way software teams communicate about and fix bugs. Dani brings an infectious energy to her work. Before starting Jam, she worked at Cloudflare and was an analyst at USV, where we first crossed paths. For Dani, Jam isn’t just about making software teams more efficient—it’s about unlocking human potential and bringing the future closer, faster. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Chapters: 00:00 Cold open 03:23 What Dani is building at Jam 05:15 Reflections on her time at Cloudflare 08:11 On the joy of building 09:36 Why bug reporting matters 12:50 On AI and the future of software development 16:04 Why crafting beautiful products is important 19:23 On building trust with AI products 26:21 Building products using decentralized data 30:21 Life growing up in Mountain View 37:26 The power of cold emails 42:44 How learning the flute influenced Dani 48:28 Finding meaning in the startup journey 51:24 The importance of team dynamics 56:04 Nick’s reflections as an investor The Slow Hunch is produced by the team at Spectral.…

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Steven Johnson (Author, Editorial lead at NotebookLM and Google Labs) 55:50

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In this episode, I spoke to Steven Johnson - one of my favorite authors and thinkers. Steven has written 14 popular books, including “Where Good Ideas Come From” which inspired the name of this podcast and my blog, The Slow Hunch. Steven has an unmatched ability to stitch together ideas from technology, science, and history to make stories come to life. He has had a significant impact on the way I see the world today. In this conversation, we double clicked on Steven's journey to unlock “networked thought” through the use of tools, and the micro insights that gradually led him to NotebookLM , a tool that he is currently co-creating with the team at Google Labs. Hope you enjoy this conversation! Chapters: 00:00:00 Cold Open 00:01:56 Intro 00:05:14 The origins of NotebookLM 00:08:36 Steven's early interest in technology 00:13:31 The concept of "The Slow Hunch" 00:15:24 The importance of capturing ideas and sparks 00:21:24 How the rise of the internet enabled "networked thought" 00:30:20 When LLMs came into the picture 00:45:25 Building NotebookLM 00:49:32 Steven's view on "Conversational Hypertext" 00:52:27 How AI changes the act of knowledge curation 00:54:48 Closing thoughts The Slow Hunch is produced by the team at Spectral .…

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Muneeb Ali (Co-founder of Stacks) 1:05:45

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In this episode, I spoke to Muneeb Ali, the co-founder of Stacks — a Bitcoin L2 that aims to make BTC more programmable and scalable. At USV, we originally backed Muneeb and his co-founder Ryan Shea back in 2014. Our shared hypothesis was that Bitcoin had the potential to impact more than just finance—it could be a new foundation for the internet itself. Of course, this idea wasn't as obvious back then. In my conversation with Muneeb, we used his personal and professional journey to trace the origins of this idea—starting with his PhD in computer science at Princeton leading up to his fascination with Bitcoin and work on Stacks today. Muneeb offers insights into the technical and cultural challenges of innovating within the Bitcoin ecosystem, and shares his vision of a future where BTC serves as the foundation for the next generation of decentralized applications. Chapters: 00:00:00 Cold open 00:01:35 Muneeb's background in computer science and peer-to-peer systems research 00:06:29 Transitioning from academia to entrepreneurship 00:09:00 The "aha moment" - Bitcoin solving the global state problem 00:11:16 Evolution of Muneeb's vision for Bitcoin 00:15:00 Comparing different approaches to blockchain architecture 00:22:48 The current landscape of blockchain ecosystems 00:26:29 Challenges of building on Bitcoin and navigating community resistance 00:29:43 The Stacks Nakamoto upgrade and its potential impact 00:32:44 Decentralization versus user experience 00:37:38 Future vision for Bitcoin L2s and a decentralized internet ————— The Slow Hunch is produced by the team at Spectral.…

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Fraser Kelton (GP at Spark Capital, former Head of Product at OpenAI) 50:56

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I spoke to Fraser Kelton, General Partner at Spark Capital and the former Head of Product at OpenAI. Fraser played a key role in the launch of ChatGPT, which is widely considered AI's "iPhone moment." Before his stint at OpenAI, Fraser built Koko, a platform that was initially built to provide cognitive behavioral therapy at scale, transitioned to AI-driven online content moderation, and eventually acquired by Airbnb in November 2018. At Airbnb, as Fraser experimented with early models like BERT and GPT-2 to scale Koko's content moderation efforts, he realized that transformer models could "turn all of the internet into training data," dramatically accelerating the progress of AI. Fraser cold emailed Ilya Sutskevar and ended up joining OpenAI—helping them transition from a research lab into a company that ships compelling consumer and enterprise products. He offered a behind-the-scenes look at the development of GPT-3 and ChatGPT, and the decisions that led up to their release. Looking ahead, Fraser discussed how transformer architectures could be applied to biology, disrupting traditional medicine as we know it. He spoke about how we are overestimating the short-term impact of AI, and under-appreciating the scale of change over the next 10-30 years. Throughout his career, Fraser has been driven by a mission to support brilliant technologists in creating a better future. His insights offer a glimpse into the past, present, and future of AI at a pivotal moment in the technology's development. Enjoy! Chapters 00:00:00 Cold open 00:02:56 Fraser's background as a founder and at OpenAI 00:04:33 The origin story of Koko and online cognitive behavioral therapy 00:10:22 Koko’s pivot to content moderation 00:13:15 Playing with BERT and GPT-2 at Airbnb 00:28:00 Cold emailing Ilya Sutskevar and joining OpenAI 00:35:00 The cultural moment of ChatGPT's launch 00:42:20 Overestimating short-term impact and underestimating the long-term potential of AI 00:44:13 The transformative potential of AI in biology and medicine 00:48:02 Supporting brilliant technologists to create a better future ————— The Slow Hunch is produced by the team at Spectral .…

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