ChatGPT and AI: What it means for PMs, and the future of work w/ Lazar Stojkovic, Co-founder of Serbian Entrepreneurs

Lazar Stojkovic is a Serial founder with 15 years of experience across different spaces: e-commerce, hardware, online publishing, online marketplaces, fintech, and SaaS. He is also the Co-founder of Serbian Entrepreneurs, non-profit that connects 300+ tech founders and investors of Serbian descent across 9 chapters in 5 countries.

Show Notes

Key Links from this episode:

• ChatGPT - A chat based system by OpenAI that can provide written answers from a text-based prompt
• GPT-3 API - An API by OpenAI that allows you to bring GPT into your product or service.
• Replicate - Open source cloud API for running AI models
• Lore AI Newsletter - A free newsletter discussing business and creative applications for AI

Tweets and Threads on AI discussed:

• From Lazar: 
  • Twitter thread on ChatGPT getting things wrong
  • Example of the evolution of text to image quality improving
• A skeptic's take via tweetstorm on AI generating content
• Criticism of the politics and training models for ChatGPT
• Building an AI Therapist
• Building (another) AI Therapist
• ChatGPT scoring 70% on the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam)
• Corrections made to the political bias of ChatGPT outlined
• AI answer Marc Andreesen's question about the First Amendment and private companies, using case law
• The tweet talking about someone who helped their landscaper using ChatGPT to improve their messaging

Articles and Blog Posts about AI:

• News:
  • Read about Jasper's $1.5B Valuation
  • Google fired employee who claimed their AI was sentient
  • The story of AI helping write the communication for a landscaper
  • An AI studying retinas reveals you can identify a person's gender with it
  • China requires AI to be labeled when used in media
• More writing and audio from Jason and his team on AI:
  • Jason on why intellectuals are wrong about AI bundling
  • Get Lighthouse evaluates ChatGPT Management Advice
• Tangent:
  • Man gets $100,000 from suing robocallers

Examples of AI tools:

• Apps that help you write copy using AI:
  • Copy.AI
  • Jasper
• Liner.ai - A tool to help you train your machine learning models easily
• Generative Video: Runway ML
• Generative 3D assets: 
  • Luma
  • Scenario
• Generative avatars:
  • avatarai.me - Pieter Levels's product 
  • astria.ai -what AvatarAI uses under the hood to power Pieter's app
• Apps that allow you to generate images from a text based prompt:
  • Dall-E
  • ClipDrop
  • Stable Diffusion
  • Midjourney
• Design tools:
  • Generative Mood Boards
  • Generative App Icons
• Sanas.ai - AI startup that fixes the call center staff's English in real time
• Coding:
  • Github's copilot helps you write code faster
  • Example of ChatGPT helping refactor code quickly

Connect with Lazar Stojkovic:

• Follow Lazar on Twitter
• Serbian Entrepreneurs

Learn more and connect with Jason Evanish:

• Get more product advice on Jason's blog
• For more product advice, thoughts on tech, and more, Follow Jason on Twitter 
• You can take your learning to the next level and get coaching from Jason or take his course here

Topics:

(1:09) - Introducing Lazar

(3:05) - How are you thinking about ChatGPT?

(8:19) - Is AI actually taking people’s jobs?

(18:44) - The pictorial side of  AI

(30:31) - 10x-ing AI, applications and potential negative outcomes

(46:27) - What to look forward to with AI

(53:44) - How do we look at the cost of AI?

(57:51) - How should Product Managers be thinking about AI implementation?

(1:09:01) - How might AI change business models?

(1:13:38) - Where do you suggest people go to learn more about this?

(1:21:12) - Would we even know if AI becomes sentient?

(1:27:10) - Wrapping up

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