Andrew Ng and Sequoia's Alfred Lin Discuss AI Jobpocalypse and AGI Timeline
dawnsongtweets · x · 2026-08-13
At the Agentic AI Conference at Berkeley, Andrew Ng and Sequoia Capital partner Alfred Lin held an in-depth conversation.
They discussed several core topics: whether to expect an AI jobpocalypse, the importance of open models, and the debate over whether AGI is still 50 years out or effectively happened 30 years ago. The full talk is now available on YouTube.
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