Roughly every decade, technology makes a giant leap that erases the old rules and wipes out our assumptions. The Internet. Mobile. Video. Blockchain. Like clockwork, companies and creators begin a mad race to make money off the next big thing, burning through ungodly sums of cash in the process.

Unless you’ve been living off the grid for the past year, it’s clear that the next big thing is artificial intelligence (AI). Early in 2023, ChatGPT is the tool du jour. Spend a few minutes on Twitter and you’ll see people gushing over its ability to write screenplays, debug code, or tell you how to make dairy-free mac and cheese.

Giving anybody with WiFi the ability to churn out unlimited amounts of (mostly) accurate information on demand is a sci-fi level feat. But how can companies leverage the technology behind GPT — and AI in general — to solve substantive problems and expand their product market fit?

That’s the million (or trillion) dollar question. — Read More

No, AGI isn’t going to take over every social system when GPT5 comes out

I don’t talk much about this – I obtained one of the first FDA approvals in ML + radiology and it informs much of how I think about AI systems and their impact on the world. 

… Geoffrey Hinton was one of the loudest voices decrying the decline of radiology 5 years, and now he’s crying fear for new AI systems.

There’s a lot to unpack for both why Geof was wrong, and why his future predictions should not be taken seriously either.  — Read More