Sequoia Capital(@sequoia):In Iain Banks' The Player of Games, a civilization chooses its emperor by playing a strategy game. That may be the best metaphor for AI right now: multiple players, one board, and everyone at the table believes the winner controls AGI – whatever that turns out to mean. @DavidCahn6 joined @Kantrowitz on @BigTechnology to discuss: - How each player is playing the board: Anthropic, OpenAI, XAI, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and the rest - Why the $200B question is now the $1.5T question - Why nothing short of AGI justifies the spend - Whether humans will end up worshiping AI and more.

2026.08.05 21:23

In Iain Banks' The Player of Games, a civilization chooses its emperor by playing a strategy game. That may be the best metaphor for AI right now: multiple players, one board, and everyone at the table believes the winner controls AGI – whatever that turns out to mean. @DavidCahn6 joined @Kantrowitz on @BigTechnology to discuss: - How each player is playing the board: Anthropic, OpenAI, XAI, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and the rest - Why the $200B question is now the $1.5T question - Why nothing short of AGI justifies the spend - Whether humans will end up worshiping AI and more.