The Age of AI – Being First vs. Being Prepared

We are on the verge of the biggest corporate revolution, maybe ever. The value of human know-how and legacy corporate processes will be devalued (or made worthless) within the next five years. Understandingly the AI revolution is making leaders nervous.

If you are not planning for the price of intelligence to go to zero, the next 3-5 years are going to incredibly disruptive to your business / life.

This is the main idea for the rest of the decade, buckle up.

— Logan Kilpatrick (@OfficialLoganK) December 5, 2024

The time to get prepared

Which new AI tool should we use? Why don’t we have ChatBots for our clients? Why are we not creating AI content?

People are getting stressed. BUT! This is not the time to be first. This is not even the time to be right. This is the time to get prepared.

Matrices and Math are waiting for you

But most of all it’s the time to learn everything about AI models and GPTs. And I do mean down to the nitty gritty stuff of model generation, training and so on. Mind you: This is a journey that is understandably hard, because it involves a lot of complex concepts that are not very familiar to most of us.

What are neurons, why are there layers, and what is the math underlying it? How do Large Language Models work? This is one of the best videos BTW.

Try Everything and don’t commit

This is also the time to try as many new tools as you can. From coding tools like Cursor and automation tools like make to creation tools like stability.ai (stable diffusion). A whole industry of consultants and tool providers are already piggy backing on the success of AI model developers. Everyone is trying to make a quick buck and is luring you towards their solution. Try everything but don’t commit yet.

Get an OpenAI developer access. Try different models. Try alternative AI providers like perplexity.ai, xAI and Claude (Anthropic).

The race to AGI (artificial general intelligence) and ASI (artificial super intelligence) has just started. It’s not a given that OpenAI will win this race. There will be many more tools in the next 12-24 months. Additionally AI agents have just become hot.

An artificial intelligence (AI) agent refers to a system or program that is capable of autonomously performing tasks on behalf of a user or another system.

Enjoy this wild time and get ready to learn a lot.