Scale AI's Alexandr Wang: vision and ambition, not intelligence, are the scarce resources
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-14
Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang argues that in an age of abundant intelligence, the scarce resource won't be intelligence or agency, but vision and ambition. He challenges builders to articulate a clear picture of the future they want and how they'll tip the scales of how the world develops—AI makes acting on big ideas easier, which in turn means you can dream bigger.
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