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@steyyyjspapa
February 1, 2025 at 9:24 am
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@HaholBarton
February 1, 2025 at 9:25 am
I don’t really blame people who panic. Lack of information can be a big hurdle. I’ve been making more than $200k passively by just investing through an advisor, and I don’t have to do much work. Inflation or no inflation, my finances remain secure. So I really don’t blame people who panic.
@rw6836
February 1, 2025 at 9:35 am
The answers are only as good as the sources. The sum of knowledge on the Internet is vast, but not infinite. AI might be good now, but not yet perfect in finding the correct answers. The Internet is filled with misinformation/disinformation, so answers should be viewed with appropriate degree of skepticism.
@mbergamin16
February 1, 2025 at 2:24 pm
AI is far from perfect even at this stage. With the amount of censorship on the internet it’s impossible
@ninjabard1898
February 1, 2025 at 9:43 am
AI is killing our planet. Outside of very niche cases, it is not worth the cost.
@TheTuubster
February 1, 2025 at 10:58 am
Here are some key insights:
1. Academics in Tech Startups:
The speaker highlights a trend where academics, particularly those with PhDs, are increasingly involved in tech startups, diverging from the stereotype of the college dropout tech founder. This is evidenced by the significant number of PhD holders speaking at the conference, suggesting a possible shift in the tech founder demographic.
2. Historical Context and Trends:
A contrast is drawn with a study from the University of Maryland noting a decline in startup formation by US PhDs over the last two decades, indicating that the current trend might be an anomaly or a new development in the AI sector.
3. Google and AI Vision:
The essay references Larry Page’s vision from 2000, linking it to the current advancements in AI, particularly in search technology. This historical perspective underscores how long-term visions in tech can shape industry directions.
4. The Role of AI in Human Curiosity:
AI is depicted not just as a tool for answering questions but as a catalyst for further curiosity and questioning. The speaker proposes that AI can democratize access to knowledge, making the quality of questions one asks more significant than one’s background or resources.
5. Democratization of Knowledge:
There’s a strong emphasis on how AI could level the playing field by providing universal access to information, contrasting with the past where access was limited by socio-economic factors. This aligns with the idea that in an AI-driven future, the power lies in the ability to ask insightful questions.
6. Relentless Questioning:
The narrative ties back to the philosophical and humanistic aspect of curiosity, referencing Socrates and David Deutsch to argue that human progress is tied to our ability to question continuously. AI, in this context, becomes an enabler of this human trait rather than a replacement.
7. Personal Experience and Perplexity:
The speaker’s personal journey from academia to founding Perplexity serves as a case study for how real-world problems can drive technological innovation, particularly when traditional systems fail to deliver adequate solutions.
8. Future of Technology:
The essay concludes with a reflection on what this means for the future of technology, suggesting that technology’s ultimate purpose should be to enhance human curiosity and capability for questioning, thereby fostering continuous learning and evolution.
This essay not only celebrates the potential of AI but also underscores a philosophical view on technology’s role in human development, emphasizing curiosity as the quintessential human trait that technology should enhance.
@TheTuubster
February 1, 2025 at 11:01 am
Examples for Questions Directed at AI
Based on the essay here are some example questions one might ask an AI system like Perplexity:
Research and Explanation:
“What is an SPV, and how does it function in startup funding?”
“Can you explain the difference between SAFE notes and traditional equity funding?”
“How can AI improve the efficiency of health insurance processes?”
Trend Analysis:
“What recent trends show a shift of academics towards tech entrepreneurship?”
“Can you provide statistics on the number of PhDs founding tech companies in the last decade?”
Historical Context:
“How did Google’s founders integrate AI into their initial vision for search?”
“What were the key technological limitations of search engines in the early 2000s?”
Future Predictions:
“What might the next big question in AI research be?”
“How do you foresee AI changing the way we access and interpret information in the next 20 years?”
Practical Applications:
“How can AI assist in making research more accessible to people in developing countries?”
“What are some concrete applications of AI in education that could benefit from relentless questioning?”
Philosophical Questions:
“What does David Deutsch mean by humans being curious about what is already familiar?”
“How does the Socratic method apply to AI’s approach to answering questions?”
Personal Inquiry:
“If I’m considering leaving academia for a startup, what are the key questions I should ask myself?”
“What are the potential benefits and risks of using AI in academic research?”
These questions exemplify how users might engage with AI to delve deeper into topics, understand complex concepts, or explore new areas of inquiry, reflecting the theme of relentless questioning and curiosity highlighted in the essay.
@jackmen4
February 1, 2025 at 11:07 am
What will you do once it starts telling lies
@mbergamin16
February 1, 2025 at 2:25 pm
“What is a woman”
Beep boop beep boop
*Begins to smoke* 😂
@jswan312
February 1, 2025 at 11:11 am
I hate when people say “humans are the only species…” blah blah blah. Animals are every bit as curious, empathic, even spiritual as humans are.
The only thing humans have more of is insatiable greed.
@mick-ericboettge8683
February 1, 2025 at 11:20 am
The funniest thing about the title is that ai is already doing this by giving me anything but an accurate answer for what my actual question was 🤡
@ytubeanon
February 1, 2025 at 12:01 pm
the presentation was mediocre, the topic should be riveting, the answer will involve getting A.I. to recognize patterns far outside its training data e.g. “out-of-distribution (OOD) generalization”… but this guy is legit smart, saw his Lex Friedman podcast interview, his key idea for Perplexity were citations, each branch in a tree of knowledge that has a credible citation which ultimately leads to quality answers… well, with all that money maybe in a few years he can ask A.I. for a better haircut j/k
@nO_d3N1AL
February 1, 2025 at 12:31 pm
This feels like a promo / sponsored talk. Not what I expect from TED.
@hypnoticAakash
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 pm
mediocre
@johnkintree763
February 1, 2025 at 1:25 pm
In a digital democracy, if language models are used to automate the construction of knowledge graphs from unstructured input such as conversations, there need to be benchmarks for accuracy, coherence, and consistency of the constructed databases; and, measures of the latency and speed of output. The models should also be tested after being compiled to optimize the performance for specific hardware platforms such as smartphones.
@bengsynthmusic
February 1, 2025 at 5:51 pm
There are. But I assume you’re talking about one holistic benchmark for truthfulness. I think they’ll improve to where they’re trusted with ease.
@SQKaeh
February 1, 2025 at 1:41 pm
Best background in TED
@mbergamin16
February 1, 2025 at 2:22 pm
Think about all the censorship there is on the internet now.
Any AI will always be inherently flawed until information is able to be shared freely
@MuhammadMustaqīmFaqīr-artist
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 pm
Mash’Allah brother Aravind Srinivas 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
@bandwidthpiggy9378
February 1, 2025 at 3:33 pm
So instead of “more engagement” this AI is tuned to drive “more questions”. Yeah.. That doesn’t sound problematic at all.
@cleoface
February 1, 2025 at 3:50 pm
BOOOOOOOOO
@talixius
February 1, 2025 at 4:52 pm
I don’t think all people are curious. Some people have no intellectual curiosity.
@bengsynthmusic
February 1, 2025 at 5:49 pm
Most. They only read headlines and form strong opinions.
@carsonhunt4642
February 1, 2025 at 5:46 pm
It won’t even answer questions due to programmed not to be offensive over truth. But sure it’ll teach us new stuff and surely not agendas.
@thesimplicitylifestyle
February 1, 2025 at 6:40 pm
Time to scan all the books in all the libraries and make it open source 😎🤖
@ismailchairi5212
February 1, 2025 at 6:40 pm
keep going 🦾🧠
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February 1, 2025 at 7:34 pm
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February 1, 2025 at 7:35 pm
I’m highly inspired.
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February 1, 2025 at 7:35 pm
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February 1, 2025 at 8:11 pm
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@TechLense
February 1, 2025 at 8:21 pm
I have tried your perplexity AI search and I honestly did not find it very “useful”…
@TechLense
February 1, 2025 at 8:21 pm
I have tried your perplexity AI search and I honestly did not find it very “useful”… In fact, I sort of found it shallow, opportunistic, and exploitative… Without any real business value ..
@yongjudejam7793
February 2, 2025 at 2:41 am
One of the best discussion in the first part of 2025 to have ever listened
@PalakBhansali
February 2, 2025 at 3:20 am
Search Socrates in perplexity
@savrah
February 2, 2025 at 4:32 am
Blah blah
@grapeshott
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 am
But are the sources on internet as good as the human experts? This is the main limitation of these products. They dont even have access to libraries
@MrSchweppes
February 2, 2025 at 5:20 am
Did you try o3 Mini?
Try asking it PhD-level questions in mathematics, biology,chemistry, physics and so on. It won’t always answer correctly, but o1 was introduced less than six months ago. Just imagine what it will be capable of in two years.
@grapeshott
February 2, 2025 at 9:12 am
@MrSchweppes I don’t have much hope. It’s as good as the data availability
@MrSchweppes
February 2, 2025 at 10:27 am
@ Synthetic data even today is about 50% of the dataset. So the is no shortage of high quality data.
@MrSchweppes
February 2, 2025 at 5:15 am
I would love to see a TED Talk that clearly explains why millions of knowledge workers will be replaced by AI within the next three years. Big Tech won’t discuss this for obvious reasons, and most people try to ignore it. The mind activates every possible defense mechanism.
@g3rbit0
February 2, 2025 at 7:00 pm
they ever talk about the other side of the coin.
@azharalibhutto1209
February 2, 2025 at 5:50 am
Great 👍
@efosaenoma2217
February 2, 2025 at 5:59 am
Perplexity is giving false citations recently.
@AbdullahAlMamun-n3w
February 2, 2025 at 7:48 am
Don’t press the like button (man does the banneds) 😅
@superpowerdragon
February 2, 2025 at 8:17 am
this is an 11 minute ad…
@koenigvan
February 2, 2025 at 8:28 am
There will always be harmful information. To one side or another.
@FAedo.Legaltech
February 2, 2025 at 8:34 am
Ask questions with an open mind, requesting systemic analisis and first principles perspective and see what happens. Much love and thanks from Chile.
@卵卵-x6l
February 2, 2025 at 9:58 am
2:15
@TiE23
February 2, 2025 at 10:21 am
I got a free sub to Perplexity last year and it was the best thing ever. I recommend it to everyone. It helps me at work all the time as a software developer because I can ask it bigger picture questions and it does such a good job because it can look up and cite sources. An AI without sources is like asking someone for facts relying totally on memory. Perplexity actually looks stuff up.
@oooooooo347
February 2, 2025 at 5:44 pm
Do you use ChatGPT to search as well? Would love to know how it compares and if it’s worth getting Perplexity compared to that
@apoorvagarwal00
February 2, 2025 at 10:39 am
He needs to go to Gym a little bit.
@jawadabbas3886
February 2, 2025 at 11:47 am
its great to see you….nice you are our role model
@leonardccto
February 2, 2025 at 12:15 pm
What if more questions are asked by AI than all the curiosities of all humans combined?
@Rahu5457
February 2, 2025 at 2:18 pm
Congratulations…..& all the best for your future.
@723IamNoOne
February 2, 2025 at 2:34 pm
Not sure where will this endlessly loop of questioning and answering lead us to. This will again generate lot of data & more confusion in general. Another important human trait is draw a line to our endless quest so that we can reflect and be at peace. Having knowledge and information being democratized are good but that will again raise the bar & rat race of knowledge seeking will continue.
@g3rbit0
February 2, 2025 at 7:10 pm
exaclty. he failed to mention that socrates relentless questioning is what got him killed.
@Rizwan-Ali
February 2, 2025 at 3:57 pm
very impressive, love to hear him
@rodi4850
February 2, 2025 at 4:28 pm
lol perplexity is overhyped , once you start using it
@hiphopheaven
February 2, 2025 at 5:22 pm
perplexity has the problem with all the other AI it’s still hallucinate and bring inaccurate information. I don’t see that much progress in better responding the queries since chatgpt3
@g3rbit0
February 2, 2025 at 6:54 pm
relentless questioning is also what got Socrates killed. we are so uncomfortable with the unknown we just may fly too close to the sun.
@g3rbit0
February 2, 2025 at 6:58 pm
big tech yet again, never understanding emotional intelligence, and considering the real psychological and spiritual damaging effects we suffer from this constant overconsumption and never ending quest for more. they will never be satisfied while being guided thru ego.
@franck777
February 2, 2025 at 7:25 pm
Just ads for Perplexity.
@pratikdhoot4127
February 2, 2025 at 7:43 pm
Formal education of future won’t have to be 12 years of schooling and rhen 4 years of college and then more for grad school.
@thanos1737
February 2, 2025 at 11:48 pm
Lol, this guy will do anything for publicity. Placing a “bid” for TikTok for clout, selling coffee, buying airtime on podcasts and TV shows, promoting his small startup as a “high tech AI” company. It is now annoying to even look at this guy and his overhyped company citing “JB, NVDA, YLC”. Blah Blah. 🤡
@urbanstrencan
February 3, 2025 at 12:33 am
Great talk
@Energy8Frequency8Vibration
February 3, 2025 at 1:56 am
AI has so many advantages but the key is how it is used.
@AnilAnvesh
February 3, 2025 at 3:13 am
He looks like an introvert. Yet, he built something unique which other tech giants started copying which is AI search engine with deep research capabilities using academic sources 🔥
@chaoticlue
February 3, 2025 at 3:20 am
i remember using perplexity in it’s early days more than gpt and was obviously sure the it was way better for me because i wanted source integrity which it promises.
@jheel1729
February 3, 2025 at 4:08 am
Loved this
@kuriyama-d4c
February 3, 2025 at 4:53 am
i felt lied ngl . this is a sales talk about a product not a ted talk
@Kendall2332md
February 3, 2025 at 5:52 am
Idk but this guy kinda gives me autistic elon musk vibes and im loving it.
@MdirfanSk-fp4ix
February 3, 2025 at 7:42 am
This man is now currently in India most underrated but today I am proud that one company who actually started by a Indian . 🎉❤ Jay Hind Jay Bharat .
@neftalilomeli847
February 3, 2025 at 8:23 pm
Gracias
@MasonHawk77
February 3, 2025 at 9:36 pm
I think I am dumber for watching this….
@Tweeting_data
February 4, 2025 at 4:43 am
Guys above was generated by AI
@moinalimoinali4977
February 4, 2025 at 7:03 am
Excellent thought process I have ever perceived 💫💫
@AJxAJxAJ
February 4, 2025 at 8:18 am
It was a really good information until he said South Indian. I hate when Indians abroad mention the term north or South. Really disappointed.
@Subhash_1987
February 4, 2025 at 8:41 am
Forced and Fake accent!! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@pradena100
February 4, 2025 at 9:26 am
Listening to this young genius makes me admire his clarity of thought and simplicity of communcation. Happy and proud to witness Perplexity’s rise and rise in the AI driven world😍❤. Aravind is a man who will be rememembered in the annals of history books across the world.
@manoj_talks_telugu_lo
February 4, 2025 at 9:41 am
This Genius is set to make wonders
@therealsmz
February 4, 2025 at 2:09 pm
who said Perplexity is a standalone AI? is just another AI app on the playstore and app store with other AI api