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Board partner, Andreessen Horowitz · May 30, 2025 · Essay, From Typewriters to Transformers: AI is Just the Next Tools Abstraction

But with AI, we fast-forwarded: from paradigm to tools in under a decade, now used by hundreds of millions.

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Steven Sinofsky, Board partner, Andreessen Horowitz
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From Typewriters to Transformers: AI is Just the Next Tools Abstraction
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Platform-shift
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Andreessen Horowitz
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hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/232-from-typewriters-to-transformers

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