#12: Paul Buchheit - Creating Gmail, Fixing Google, Narrative Understanding

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Theo Jaffee Podcast

Theo Jaffee

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#12: Paul Buchheit - Creating Gmail, Fixing Google, Narrative Understanding

Theo Jaffee Podcast

59 minutes 9 seconds

1 year ago

#12: Paul Buchheit - Creating Gmail, Fixing Google, Narrative Understanding

Paul Buchheit is a programmer and entrepreneur who joined Google as its 23rd employee. He created Gmail, developed the first prototype of Google AdSense, and suggested the company’s motto, “don’t be evil”. He later co-founded FriendFeed and served as a managing partner at Y Combinator.

0:00 - Intro

1:15 - Issues with Google

3:47 - AI risk

5:21 - AI centralization and decentralization

8:01 - Open-sourcing frontier AI

9:59 - Paul’s Predictions

14:28 - Centralization, free speech, and censorship

24:16 - Trends in ideology

32:00 - Freeing people of narratives

35:49 - Alignment

39:06 - Startups and YC in 2024

50:30 - Email and communication interfaces