Johann Van Tonder
@jvt
20 years in ecommerce, now CEO of a CRO agency. Probably doing analysis in R or building stuff with AI. Or walking on the beach. Yeah, probably that.
Johann Van Tonder
The integration-automation framework differentiates between 4 use case types:
- Assistants
- Copilots
- Autopilots
- Agents
See full breakdown: https://blog.tobiaszwingmann.com/p/integration-automation-ai-framework
Source: Rob Lennon
Kruschke began his (2015, p. 1) text with “This book explains how to actually do Bayesian data analysis, by real people (like you), for realistic data (like yours).
1 What’s in This Book (Read This First!) | Doing Bayesian Data Analysis in brms and the tidyverse
It is odd when folks get mad when I say AI is already useful. We are only 18 months into LLMs & there have already been many controlled trials finding LLMs are useful, firms have public case studies with real metrics, etc
Lots of reasons to critique AI, “uselessness” isn’t one.
Ethan Mollickx.comPainter and visual artist Chuck Close on inspiration:
"The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are n... See more
"The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are n... See more
Superhuman
Productivity and
“There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.”
Albert Einstein (1932)
Ironically, Einstein’s own theoretical work on mass-energy equivalence (E=mc²) would later prove fundamental to nuclear physics. Just ten years after this prediction, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was achieved in 1942.
https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/lists/10-failed-scientific-predictions-276945
Skills you need in the age of AI: You’ll need critical thinking skills and emotional intelligence. Some technical skills e.g. understand the AI capabilities, some data literacy, cyber threats etc.
But mostly, you’ll need truly human soft skills:
- ability to make complex decisions
- ability to have creative problem solving
All skills that will enable
Whether it’s articulated or not, every business is driven by one of two philosophies. A company is either competition-driven or story-driven.
Bernadette Jiwa • Story Driven: You don't need to compete when you know who you are
"Our only task in life is to know our truth and act from that truth." But if the mind gets involved, it will prevent us from sharing and sharing as in sharing openly.
- Dr. Aria, High Performance Coach
Mental Health and Quotes