The a16z Show · Monday, September 7, 2026
Lucas Kaiser suggested that future AI advancements could lead to a more diverse ecosystem of specialized models, similar to how humans are not generalists. He contrasted this with current large language models that often provide generic responses, like the same type of joke, and believes this will change as research progresses.
“The models will be experts in different domains, like we are. And maybe, you know, maybe one will be making jokes this way and another another way. Like, when you currently when you ask a big language model about a joke, it's always the same, right? Something about atoms or like.”
“This will change because it's it's an outcome of a technology and the technology will change when the research catches up. And also for researchers, there is like just huge opportunity to catch up with this.”