Startup Guru Steve Blank Says AI Changes Everything(spectrum.ieee.org)
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Startup Guru Steve Blank Says AI Changes Everything
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Using an AI for A/B testing. Hmmmm.
At the end of the day, the AI model would produce a prediction of what your modeled users would prefer. The quality of the results would depend a lot on how accurately your users were modeled.
I could see it potentially making an A/B test go faster IF the predictions were accurate.
I'd be interested to hear if anyone is using AI tools for A/B testing and how effective it is compared to conventional tools.
At the end of the day, the AI model would produce a prediction of what your modeled users would prefer. The quality of the results would depend a lot on how accurately your users were modeled.
I could see it potentially making an A/B test go faster IF the predictions were accurate.
I'd be interested to hear if anyone is using AI tools for A/B testing and how effective it is compared to conventional tools.
> I always come back to AlphaFold [an AI system from Google DeepMind that computationally predicts protein structures]. In 75 years we figured out 10,000 protein structures; AlphaFold has figured out 200 million. If it were human, it would have won a Nobel Prize.
Haha!
Haha!
Sentiments of the comment so far… couldn’t agree more. Although the title I agree with. AI(generative LLM and image generation) have been game changers. For some.. we have an AI pr bot that does reviews. It’s basically a GitHub PR spam bot that for me has yet to produce a valid review. Certainly changed the game.
If it is inaccurate and the powers that be don't want to remove it, that means you are the one training it.
Hard hitting interview right here
Unsurprisingly a bullshit-peddler is very happy about the new 10x bullshit generators.
Someone has to peddle bullshit, the engineers won't.
Well, it’s certainly increased the number of “lean” startups that are just churning out (and repeatedly pivoting to) different OpenAI wrappers.
As someone who does startup investment advisory, I started cutting through all the “AI for X” hype and asking directly for ARR and pipeline figures. Either your idea has paying customers or it just isn’t worth investing in, AI or not…
As someone who does startup investment advisory, I started cutting through all the “AI for X” hype and asking directly for ARR and pipeline figures. Either your idea has paying customers or it just isn’t worth investing in, AI or not…
some mba profs like ethan mollick or steve blank have become
"cheerleaders" for ai/ml.
Exceedingly fluffy for a fluff piece.
considering the publication, pretty disappointing. I guess even IEEE has to chase the clickbait headlines :(
consider this amazing piece of advice:
Q: What advice would you give to inventors looking to integrate AI into their creative processes?
Blank: My advice for anyone in any part of their career is: Every six months, spend three days looking at the state of the art for the tools in and around your space.
consider this amazing piece of advice:
Q: What advice would you give to inventors looking to integrate AI into their creative processes?
Blank: My advice for anyone in any part of their career is: Every six months, spend three days looking at the state of the art for the tools in and around your space.
So… like every other tool out there. C++, Rust, new JS frameworks, everything? That’s a pretty bland piece of advice.
I see that lean startup is just search, to find problems to solve. But it's also search to find people's foibles, blind spots and weaknesses when it comes to exchanging money. in some ways all of marketing and business is just this. Do we really want to 10x that?
And a 10x proliferation of 'experimental' products that popup and then probably disappear quickly.
It seems like this is just going to make a huge mess.