- In a podcast interview, Marc Andreessen defended AI as a personalized educational tool for children.
- With AI, children will have partners whose “life goal is to make them as happy, satisfied and successful as possible,” he said.
- His positive outlook on AI contrasts with the backlash against ChatGPT and its impact on jobs.
billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, who has long been bullish on the technology, sees AI as a lifelong “friend” for future children to grow up with.
speak in Last Wednesday’s Joe Rogan Experience PodcastAndreessen told how he introduced his 8-year-old son to the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT as an educational tool.
“The AI that my 8-year-old son will have by the time he is 20, has 12 years of experience with him and will grow with him. “Then you’ll know what he wants.”
The co-founder of the eponymous venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz talks about how AI can serve as a lifelong “ally” for his son and future generations. “They basically have a partner whose life goal is to make them as happy, satisfied and successful as possible.”
Andreessen’s positive outlook is in line with other bullish views on ChatGPT’s value as a human companion. Wharton University Professor Ethan Morrick wrote in his July 7th article about how ChatGPT’s new code interpreter feature turned chatbots into effective data analyst assistants.
But these sentiments are in stark contrast to the concerns of employees who are increasingly concerned that AI tools like ChatGPT will replace them.
And companies are already cutting jobs and pausing hiring because of AI. One e-commerce CEO caused outrage for firing his 90% of support staff because AI outperformed his chatbot.
A Microsoft study released in May found that while most workers welcome AI taking over some of their jobs and boosting their productivity, they’re leery of being replaced entirely.