Jason Shen
@jasonshen
Exec coach helping founders and creative leaders rebound and reinvent so they do more of what matters most.
Jason Shen
It’s Time to Pay Attention to A.I. (ChatGPT and Beyond)
youtube.comGenerative AI and ChatGPT
Generative AI combines the encoding of vast corpuses of text and images—which act as training data—and a series of machine learning algorithms to turn text prompts into incredibly creative, intelligent, and useful visual and text responses.
I would rank this among the 3 most transformative pieces of technology I've encountered in my lifetime
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Kai Fu Lee, a longtime AI researcher, former CEO of Google China, and technology investor, has developed a 2x2 matrix for how humans should expect to interact with AI in his 2018 book AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order.
He defines two spectra: structured vs unstructured environments and asocial vs social environments.
Jason Shen • 131: How to Be Human in the Age of Generative AI
it was my daughter’s love that freed me from my delusions of grandeur. It liberated me from the tyranny of trying to prove myself. Since her birth, I feel calmer and more secure. I have a sense of security I haven’t felt since I was a young child, living with parents who unconditionally loved me. Now, I care less about what other people think of... See more
Meaning & satisfaction is often found in doing doing what is needed
When your Dad trolls you so hard you have to reincarnate
Marc Andreessen explains why the “curse of the entrepreneur” is being too early
“My experience is the great founders almost always feel like they’re too late, and you’re almost always too early.”
The reason is because the idea seems obvious to the... See more
Startup Archivex.comMarc earns founders against being too early versus too late
This is my campaign to start a scallion pancake pizza chain 🍕#pizza #scallionpancakes #bing #asianamerican
tiktok.comMake the classics but do it your way
While I'm sympathetic to many already struggling creators who will find fewer commissions and opportunities, I also think the genie is out of the lamp on this one. While there are probably some legal, technological, and social mechanisms to slow the use of these tools—I've heard of calls to boycott AI generated art—we cannot stop their widespread
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It started when both were in London one day and decided to get together and produce some music. On that day, one of the songs they made was “I’m Good (Blue)”. However, at the end of the day, they decided that nothing they made that day was worth releasing. It was a solid music production session but nothing really moved the needle.
Fast forward a... See more
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I’m Good (Blue) went viral on TikTok and became Bebe Rhexa and David Guetta’s most streamed song, despite not being deemed worthy by either.