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How marketplaces win: Liquidity, growth levers, quality, more | Benjamin Lauzier (Lyft, Thumbtack)

September 29, 2024

Featuring: Benjamin Mann (Co-founder and Tech Lead, Anthropic)

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The quote is grammatically incomplete - "If you just completely start over and try again is much, much higher" is missing its subject about what is "much higher."

If you just completely start over and try again is much, much higher than if you just try once and then just keep banging on the same thing that didn't work.
Benjamin MannCo-founder and Tech Lead, Anthropic 00:19:28

Work backwards from capability, not forward from frameworks

People who use the new tools as if they were old tools tend to not succeed.
Benjamin MannCo-founder and Tech Lead, Anthropic 00:18:36

AI security is a moving target, not a solvable problem

Once we get to superintelligence, it will be too late to align the models probably.
Benjamin MannCo-founder and Tech Lead, Anthropic 00:00:29

AI demands empirical learning over analytical planning

Don't build for today, build for six months from now, build for a year from now. The things that aren't quite working that are working 20% of the time, will start working 100% of the time.
Benjamin MannCo-founder and Tech Lead, Anthropic 01:06:21

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