The Hope Axis #24 Rohit Krishnan: Hope for India, Hope for the AGI Era
#tech #india #ai #llms #openai #investment #society #america #future #vibecoding
Author, builder and friend — Rohit Krishan joins me in a wide ranging conversation about Indian and American culture. We discuss the Get Shit Done mentality of Indian entrepreneurs, predictions for the Indian diaspora, Rohit’s experiences with LLMs, and the surprising ways his children use AI.
You can find the full transcript here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JhGo...
Important Links:
https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/
https://x.com/krishnanrohit
https://x.com/TheHopeAxis
Show Notes:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Guest introduction
03:24 How Are India and America Similar?
09:54 Live Players vs. Dead Players
11:23 How American Policy Experiments Echo 18th-century scientists' Wacky Ideas
12:52 What Shapes The Indian Mindset?
15:02 Hyphenated Identities and Assimilation
18:50 The Business Culture of India: Get Shit Done
24:32 The Indian Diaspora in 2040…
29:14 What Most Surprised Rohit?
36:59 Technology Isn’t Magic…Yet
42:31 Dealing with LLMs: A Story of ‘Fuck Around and Find Out’
44:51 What is Vibe Coding?
50:07 Will A.I. Prompting Make Us Sharper?
54:04 How Rohit’s Kids Use AI
58:13 What Rohit is Hopeful About
Assorted Links:
Samo Burja
https://samoburja.com/live-versus-dea...
Alison Gopnick
https://psychology.berkeley.edu/peopl...
Diana Fleischman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_F...
Douglas Adams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas...