Podbit · The a16z Show
Applied Intuition operates across nearly every country except China, working with both the operators who run industries and the manufacturers who build machines. As sovereign AI becomes real, companies that have already built trust in local markets and governments will have a decisive advantage.
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Andreessen poses the question that's become the episode's most shareable line: which arrives first, a perfect real-world simulation for training autonomous systems or Grand Theft Auto 6? Ludwig takes the question seriously. He speculates that GTA 6 may actually be the last major open-world game built with traditional computer graphics pipelines and technical artists — and that GTA 7 will instead be world-model based, with AI generating the game environment rather than artists crafting it asset by asset. Younis notes that Microsoft Flight Simulator has already achieved this for the entire planet from the air, drawing on expertise that Applied Intuition has hired extensively from that team. The conversation then takes a philosophical turn: the reason perfect simulation remains impossible is the exponential cost of rendering fidelity as you zoom in — and Younis cheekily notes this is perhaps the best argument against us living in a simulation, since maintaining that fidelity everywhere would require all the energy in the universe.
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