What Naval Ravikant thinks about optimism
Co-founder of AngelList. Writes and podcasts at nav.al in short, aphoristic pieces on startups, wealth and judgement rather than long essays.
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4 dated positions, 2021 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Naval Ravikant has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsSo it is more of a level playing field. I really do think this is a golden age for programming.
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Their wordsSo in that sense, intelligence is measured in a battlefield—in an arena. It’s a relative construct. I think the AIs are actually going to fail mostly in those regards, or to the extent that they even succeed, because they’re freely available, they will get outcompeted away, and the alpha that will remain would be entirely human.
- 6 months earlier
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Their wordsSo a cynical belief is self-fulfilling. A pessimistic belief is like you’re driving the motorcycle, but you’re looking at the brick wall that you’re supposed to turn away from.
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- 4 years earlier
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Our readingOur evolved nature rewards pessimism, but in much safer times we should work past it towards peace.
Their wordsOur evolved nature rewards pessimism. But we live in much safer times, so we must find ways past that and work towards peace.