TechCrunch Disrupt 2024: Follow discussions with Wiz’s CEO, Vinod Khosla and more

Legendary investor Vinod Khosla on countering anti-AI concerns

Vinod Khosla, whose venture firm Khosla Ventures has long been an investor in OpenAI, is putting forth a wide-ranging, ambitious vision for what AI could accomplish for humanity at the Disrupt stage.

“Well, I’m optimistic because what AI can do. Almost all expertise — it doesn’t matter whether you’re talking about primary care physicians, mental health therapists, oncologists, structural engineers or accountants — all of it can be near free. Almost all human labor within some reasonable timeframe will be near free,” he said during a discussion full of big proclamations, with some caveats, with TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos.

As for the potential risk of AI, Khosla believes “…the biggest risk we face is strong AI in the hands of our adversaries. I’m mostly thinking of President Xi and I’m thinking of Putin, that is by far the biggest AI risk, and they’re using it effectively.”

Stay tuned for the full recap and recording of Khosla’s at time utopian predictions for what AI could accomplish.