Google's Gemini flop raises the question: What exactly do we want our chatbots to do, really?

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As AI explodes onto the scene, recent hiccups should have ask asking: What do we want from this technology, anyway?

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Marc Andreessen says student loan forgiveness is a 'bailout.' Ben Horowitz thinks college is mostly 'a scam.'

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E/acc is Silicon Valley's response to all your negativity

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Marc Andreessen believes that pessimism has acted as an enemy to tech's progress.

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Andreessen Horowitz is not at all 'techno-optimistic' about this particular AI scenario

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A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley elites is buying up land to build a new city. Farmers say they've been pressured to sell up.

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A quick explainer on Silicon Valley's newest, controversial philosophy

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Marc Andreessen is casting anyone against "techno-optimism" as an enemy.

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Slowing down on AI will cause preventable deaths — and that's a form of murder, says Marc Andreessen

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Marc Andreessen on a panel at the Fortune Global Forum

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A company that counts billionaires Marc Andreessen and Laurene Powell Jobs as investors says it's bought 50,000 acres of land to build a new 'walkable' city in northern California. Here's everything we know about the plans.

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California Forever counts Marc Andreessen and Laurene Powell Jobs among its investors.

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