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.@gaganbiyani explains what a day at the school actually looks like: build robots, work on AI, do real research, then learn from people like Jensen Huang. "A day starts with your pursuits. They might have five pursuits at one time, they might have three, they might have 18. Someone will push the limits on this, I'm sure." "Each of these pursuits can be learning a subject. It can be building a robot, or building a new type of AI or LLM. Or it can be going and doing research in the field with…
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FULL INTERVIEW: Gagan Biyani says most 18-year-olds should not go straight into the real world. He wants them spending 2 or 3 years on things that aren't for a paycheck or for building the next big thing. @gaganbiyani, co-founder of Udemy and Maven, and @eriktorenberg, general partner at @a16z, launched the Horowitz Andreessen Academy today. Tuition-free, no grades, no tests, 50 students, and over 200 speakers including Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Steven Sinofsky. They joined @sophiadew: 01:37 why now, and why nobody pulled this off 10 years ago 04:21 the building on the hill where the books used to be 07:06 why being new to a field is now an advantage 08:57 co-op model, no grades, no tests, and pursuits 11:45 a day in the life, starting with your pursuits 13:30 the guest lecturer list: Jensen, Collison, Satya, Sinofsky, Logan Ury 15:30 the network is there, but you have to earn the meeting 16:37 who they actually want to apply 17:17 the philosopher-builder, and Steve Jobs on calligraphy 21:11 why he's not telling 18-year-olds to skip this and go build
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