#386 – Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI

Marc Andreessen is the co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - InsideTracker: }https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - ExpressVPN: }https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free - AG1: }https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 year of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs Transcript: }https://lexfridman.com/marc-andreessen-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Marc's Twitter: }https://twitter.com/pmarca Marc's Substack: }https://pmarca.substack.com Marc's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@a16z Andreessen Horowitz: }https://a16z.com Why AI will save the world (essay): }https://a16z.com/2023/06/06/ai-will-save-the-world Books mentioned: 1. When Reason Goes on Holiday (book): }https://amzn.to/3p80b1K 2. Superintelligence (book): }https://amzn.to/3N7sc1A 3. Lenin (book): }https://amzn.to/43L8YWD 4. The Ancient City (book): }https://amzn.to/43GzReb PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: }https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: }https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: }https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: }https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: }https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: }https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: }https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: }https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: }https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: }https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: }https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (05:01) - Google Search (12:49) - LLM training (25:20) - Truth (31:32) - Journalism (41:24) - AI startups (46:46) - Future of browsers (53:09) - History of browsers (59:10) - Steve Jobs (1:13:45) - Software engineering (1:21:00) - JavaScript (1:25:18) - Netscape (1:30:22) - Why AI will save the world (1:38:20) - Dangers of AI (2:08:40) - Nuclear energy (2:20:37) - Misinformation (2:35:57) - AI and the economy (2:42:05) - China (2:46:17) - Evolution of technology (2:55:35) - How to learn (3:03:45) - Advice for young people (3:06:35) - Balance and happiness (3:13:11) - Meaning of life