Andreessen argues AI is creating a golden age of builder productivity, while legacy institutions and Luddite resistance obscure the overwhelmingly positive ground-level reality.
1.AI is turning programmers into "AI vampires." Top engineers at a16z portfolio companies are running roughly 20x more productive than a year ago, with compensation rising in step.
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