Shaun Cody Smalls
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David Sacks on Polytheistic AI, Better Crypto Regulation, Beating China, and Fixing SF David Sacks is the White House AI and Crypto Czar. He joined a16z’s Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Erik Torenberg for a conversation covering the importance of beating China in the AI race, the need for a federal standard for crypto regulation, how AI doomerism is replacing climate doomerism, how to solve the energy bottleneck in AI development, the path to fixing San Francisco, and more. 00:00 The state of AI and crypto policy 16:20 Orwellian AI and the real risks of AI 32:26 AI capabilities and pullback from AGI hype 39:18 Open-source AI, decentralization, and software freedom 46:28 Winning the AI race through innovation and exports 53:38 The energy bottleneck and America’s infrastructure challenge 59:48 AI doomerism and political narratives 01:13:30 San Francisco’s future @DavidSacks @pmarca @bhorowitz @eriktorenberg


Look at how the numbers grow for Snap in California. From just under 6 billion in 2019 to just over 11 billion in 2021 California received at least $12.6 billion in federal SNAP benefits in fiscal year (FY) 2024, which is 99% of the state's total food assistance funding for that year. This is up from 10.7 billion in 2023 Apparently even post covid more Californians than ever cant afford food in the Newsom’s California









