EP 84: The Mike Maples Interview: How a legendary VC finds the best startups and founders

Sriram and Aarthi are joined by Martin Casado, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, to discuss the future of the AI Safety Bill SB 1047. A bill that sets out to regulate AI at the model level, is now slated for a California Assembly vote in August. If passed, one signature from Governor Gavin Newsom could cement it into California law.Show notes:(00:00) Trailer and intro on SB1047(00:43) Welcome Martin Casado of a16z(2:30) What is SB1047?(4:10) What is the origin of SB1047 bill?(6:14) Should AI be regulated?(10:20) Is AI a paradigm shift?(13:36) Who is funding this bill? ‘Baptists vs bootleggers’ and Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence book being the origin point.(16:35) Scott Wiener’s support of the bill(19:34) Open source benefitting software world and risks to open source due to this bill(22:10) Are large models more dangerous?(24:10) Is there a correlation between size of models and risk associated?(26:45) How would Martin frame any regulations on AI? What’s a better way(28:46) Nancy Pelosi opposes the bill. Some famous researchers are for the bill. Who comprises the two opposing camps and what is the motivation?(33:10) Why does Pelosi oppose the bill?(35:00) Leopold Aschenbrenner and “Situational Awareness” paper(37:20) Non-system people viewing systems - computer systems are not parametric but sigmoidal.(41:30) AI is the ultimate ‘Deus ex machina’ (God in the machine)(44:15) Sriram compares AI regulations to Game of Thrones episode(46:00) Anthropic’s investment in AI safety(48:15) If you’re an AI founder, what can you do about this bill today?(50:00) Why is this bill a personal issue for Martin?Other episodes you might enjoy:EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI DisasterEP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon ValleyEP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA Follow Sriram:https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/https://twitter.com/sriramkFollow Aarthi:https://www.instagram.com/aarthir/https://twitter.com/aarthirFollow the podcast:https://www.instagram.com/aarthiandsriramshow/https://twitter.com/aarthisrirampod