a16z Podcast: The Dream of AI Is Alive in Go
Why are people so fired up about a computer winning yet another game? Whether it’s checkers, chess, Jeopardy, or the ancient Chinese game of Go, we get excited about the potential for more when we see...
View ArticleOn Chat Bots, Conversation, and AI as an Interface
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View Articlea16z Podcast: The Product Edge in Machine Learning Startups
A lot of machine learning startups initially feel a bit of “impostor syndrome” around competing with big companies, because (the argument goes), those companies have all the data; surely we can’t beat...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence: The Promise and the Playbook
We’ve met with hundreds of Fortune 500/ Global 2000 companies, startups, and government agencies asking: “How do I get started with artificial intelligence?” and “What can I do with AI in my own...
View Articlea16z Podcast: A New Lab Rises
We’ve already talked quite a bit about the Algorithms, Machines, and People lab at U.C. Berkeley (AMPLab) — all about making sense of big data — so what happens when the entire world moves towards...
View ArticleAlphaGo Zero: Revenge of the Algorithms?
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View Articlea16z Podcast: Putting AI in Medicine, in Practice
There’s been a lot of talk about technology — and AI, deep learning, and machine learning specifically — finally reaching the healthcare sector. But AI in medicine isn’t actually new; it’s actually...
View Articlea16z Podcast: AI, from ‘Toy’ Problems to Practical Application
When you have “a really hot, frothy space” like AI, even the most basic questions — like what is it good for, how do you make sure your data is in shape, and so on — aren’t answered. This is … The...
View Articlea16z Podcast: On Data and Data Scientists in the Age of AI
Data, data, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. Or so would say Coleridge, if he were a big company CEO trying to use A.I. today — because even when you have a ton of data, there’s not always enough...
View ArticleThe Empty Promise of Data Moats
Data has long been lauded as a competitive moat for companies, and that narrative’s been further hyped with the recent wave of AI startups. Network effects have been similarly promoted as a defensible...
View ArticleThe New Business of AI (and How It’s Different From Traditional Software)
At a technical level, artificial intelligence seems to be the future of software. AI is showing remarkable progress on a range of difficult computer science problems, and the job of software developers...
View Articlea16z Journal Club: Finding New Antibiotics with Machine Learning, What...
a16z Journal Club (part of the a16z Podcast), curates and covers recent advances from the scientific literature — what papers we’re reading, and why they matter from our perspective at the...
View Article16 Minutes #48: AlphaFold! Protein Folding, Beyond the Hype
In this episode of our show 16 Minutes — where we talk about the headlines, and where we are on the long arc of tech trends — … The post 16 Minutes #48: AlphaFold! Protein Folding, Beyond the Hype...
View ArticleBio Eats World: The Trials of Clinical Trials
On the path from scientific discovery to new drug, the clinical trial is a huge — and critical — hurdle. Clinical trials are themselves experiments, and to … The post Bio Eats World: The Trials of...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence: The Promise and the Playbook
We’ve met with hundreds of Fortune 500/ Global 2000 companies, startups, and government agencies asking: “How do I get started with artificial intelligence?” and “What can I do with AI in my own...
View Articlea16z Podcast: A New Lab Rises
We’ve already talked quite a bit about the Algorithms, Machines, and People lab at U.C. Berkeley (AMPLab) — all about making sense of big data — so what happens when the entire world moves towards...
View ArticlePutting AI in Medicine, in Practice
There’s been a lot of talk about technology — and AI, deep learning, and machine learning specifically — finally reaching the healthcare sector. But AI in medicine isn’t actually new; it’s actually...
View Articlea16z Podcast: AI, from ‘Toy’ Problems to Practical Application
When you have “a really hot, frothy space” like AI, even the most basic questions — like what is it good for, how do you make sure your data is in shape, and so on — aren’t answered. This is just as...
View Articlea16z Podcast: On Data and Data Scientists in the Age of AI
Data, data, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. Or so would say Coleridge, if he were a big company CEO trying to use A.I. today — because even when you have a ton of data, there’s not always enough...
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