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7 quotes from Paul Graham

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Date	Quote	Context	Source
September 2026	The obvious AI variant is to let your users opt in to training your model on their interactions with it. Many will resist that, but if some don't, the model they get to use will outperform the vanilla one used by the others.Paul GrahamSeptember 2026· Essay	EssayMaking Startups Powerful	Source
September 2026	You own the customer relationship, and the model companies are in effect component suppliers. The question is how easy it would be for them to engulf you, or even your customers.Paul GrahamSeptember 2026· Essay	EssayMaking Startups Powerful	Source
August 2026	And even if you have AIs writing all your code for you, you're still in the position of an engineering manager, and good engineering managers should be able to do the work of those working for them.Paul GrahamAugust 2026· Essay	EssayHow Universities Should Prepare Founders	Source
October 2024	AI has blown this world open. Almost all pressure to write has dissipated. You can have AI do it for you, both in school and at work.Paul GrahamOctober 2024· Essay	EssayWrites and Write-Nots	Source
October 2024	I'm usually reluctant to make predictions about technology, but I feel fairly confident about this one: in a couple decades there won't be many people who can write.Paul GrahamOctober 2024· Essay	EssayWrites and Write-Nots	Source
October 2024	It will be the same with writing. There will still be smart people, but only those who choose to be.Paul GrahamOctober 2024· Essay	EssayWrites and Write-Nots	Source
October 2024	So a world divided into writes and write-nots is more dangerous than it sounds. It will be a world of thinks and think-nots.Paul GrahamOctober 2024· Essay	EssayWrites and Write-Nots	Source

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