A talk on why AGI alone won't fix things. Even powerful technology needs human effort and smart product design to matter. History shows that raw capability means nothing without people who know how to use it.
Some people believe AGI is going to solve everything, but I don't think so. AGI is just necessary, but not sufficient. Once AGI is achieved, a lot of the value is still going to require a bunch of hustle from a lot of builders to really turn that new source of energy and channel it into something that we humans want to use that solves some of our problems. With every technology has come out, we've been able to harness it, and it takes a lot of harnessing. There was a time when databases were all the rage. It's like, oh, my goodness, you can store a bunch of data and you can query it really quickly and, like, imagine all the possibilities. A lot of amazing entrepreneurs and builders built some really great products on top of databases. Maybe in 10 years, 15 years, when we look back, it's like, of course it made sense that we have this super intelligent thinking machine, but it requires product builders to be able to go in there and say, how do we channel this energy to make it something that we as humans love to use and want to use?
