Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on liquid neural networks, AI advancement, the race to AGI & more! | E1928

This Week in Startups is brought to you by… LinkedIn Jobs. A business is only as strong as its people, and every hire matters. Go to LinkedIn.com/TWIST to post your first job for free. Terms and conditions apply. Experimentation is how generation-defining companies win. Accelerate your experimentation velocity with Eppo. Visit https://geteppo.com/twist Attio - A radically new CRM for the next era of companies. Head to attio.com/twist to get 15% off for your first year. * Todays show: Liquid AI’s Ramin Hasani joins Jason to discuss the mission and the concept of Liquid AI's liquid neural networks (1:09). They dive into liquid neural networks’ applications (16:07), transition from theory to execution (21:37), their efficiency on small devices (27:30), and more! * Timestamps: (0:00) Liquid AI CEO and co-founder Ramin Hasani joins Jason (1:09) Liquid AI's mission and concept of liquid neural networks (7:06) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist (8:34) Demo of Liquid AI: traditional vs. Liquid neural networks in autonomous driving (16:07) Practical applications of Liquid AI (20:07) Eppo. Accelerate your experimentation velocity with Eppo. Visit  https://geteppo.com/twist (21:37) Commercializing worm-inspired AI systems, building a team, and solving problems across various sectors (27:30) Efficiency of liquid neural networks in compact devices like the Raspberry Pi and the transformative potential of AI modeled after worms. (34:15) Attio - Head to https://attio.com/twist to get 15% off for your first year. (35:24) Data ownership in AI and incentivizing data providers (41:18) Role of AI in real-world applications (43:57) Societal impact of AI, job displacement, and the optimistic view on AI's potential (50:25) Explanation of physical models vs statistical models in AI and the challenge of understanding black box AI systems (57:01) Speculations about AGI's market cap, who might achieve AGI first, and the potential of using AI systems to build various applications (1:00:12) Comparison between open-source and closed-source models in AI and the trend of open-source moves in the AI industry * Mentioned on the show: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5 https://www.capgemini.com/us-en https://www.ctc-g.co.jp/en https://www.accenture.com https://www.ey.com/en_gl https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2024/04/02/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-ai-work-force-jobs-orig.cnn * Source of C. elegans worm footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjqLwPgLnV0&t=1s * Follow Ramin: X: https://twitter.com/ramin_m_h LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raminhasani Check out Liquid AI: https://www.liquid.ai * Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * Thank you to our partners: (7:06) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist (20:07) Eppo. Accelerate your experimentation velocity with Eppo. Visit https://geteppo.com/twist (34:15) Attio - Head to https://attio.com/twist to get 15% off for your first year. * Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast