The a16z Show · Friday, July 3, 2026
Ben Horowitz explains that as AI becomes the interface for everything, the underlying models are not objective but possess strong opinions on history, culture, and values, which differ significantly across regions. He emphasizes the importance of projecting core American values through technology to ensure global opportunities.
“Well, when AI becomes the interface for everything, so every tool we have, every technology we use, every kind of system we have from your car to your refrigerator to your education system is going to be built on these models.”
“And the models are not objective. They have opinions. And they have strong opinions on things like history, on culture, on ethics, on values. And by the way, those are very different depending where you are.”
“And so if you believe that, as I do, that for all our flaws, our fundamental values and ideas about everything from the way our economic system works to the rule of law, have resulted in basically the best opportunities for humans in the world, then you want those values to be projected onto the world more so than to be the recipients of some other values.”