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12 Apr 2026 Lenny's Podcast Hard truths about building in the AI era | Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures)
“Because again, if they're not training on the right data, it's dangerous to say you're simulating humans.”
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- 12 Apr 2026
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…Interestingly on that line, there's a few companies that are launching, Simile is one, that is simulating humans. I don't know if you heard about this company. They basically are building AI models of the actual people so that you can simulate your marketing launch and your product experience with people before you launch. I don't know if I've seen that specific company. I have seen one or two pitches. My general question as a refrain on those type of companies is what are they training on? Because again, if they're not training on the right data, it's dangerous to say you're simulating humans. Yeah. Yeah. That is the question. Oh, man. What a weird world. Along these lines, actually, you have this, I don't know if you call it a hot take that AI content is going to surpass human content and that's just the future.…
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