Exploring AI's Pace of Evolution, AGI's Future, and Data Dominance with Adept CEO David Luan | E1855
Exploring AI's Pace of Evolution, AGI's Future, and Data Dominance with Adept CEO David Luan | E1855  
Podcast: This Week in Startups
Published On: Wed Nov 29 2023
Description: This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Brave. If you’re building AI and search-based applications, train your models with the Brave Search API. Get started for free at brave.com/jason Arising Ventures is a holding company that acquires tech startups facing setbacks. Arising Ventures knows what founders care about because they aren’t bankers, they are tech founders themselves! Go to ⁠http://www.arisingventures.com/TWIST LinkedIn Jobs. A business is only as strong as its people, and every hire matters. Go to http://www.LinkedIn.com/TWIST to post your first job for free. Terms and conditions apply. Today’s show: Adept Co-Founder and CEO David Luan joins Jason to discuss his experience at OpenAI (2:45), demo Adept's AI-powered workflow builder (13:47), what facets of AI he is most excited about, what keeps him motivated (32:33), and more! * Timestamps: (0:00) Adept founder and CEO David Luan joins Jason. (2:45) David's experience at OpenAI and the evolution of deep learning (5:22) DALL-E origins and its "a-ha moment" (9:24) The next great well of AI training data (11:21) Brave - Try the Brave Search API at http://www.brave.com/jason (12:35) Adept's Northstar since day one (13:47) Demos: showcasing the power of Adept AI (15:52) The next battlefield for AI (18:34) A look into Adept AI Experiments – a sandbox for AI enthusiasts (20:46) Arising Ventures - head to ⁠http://www.arisingventures.com/TWIST to learn more and connect with the team (21:51) How Adept aims to streamline job processes (24:54) Strategies to outperform large competitors (31:13) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at http://www.LinkedIn.com/TWIST (32:33) What excites David about the future and motivates his daily efforts? (36:29) The present and expected advancements in AI * Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * Check out Adept AI:  https://www.adept.ai Check out Adept AI Experiments: https://www.adept.ai/blog/experiments * Follow David: https://twitter.com/jluan https://www.linkedin.com/in/jluan * Follow Jason: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jason Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Thanks to our partners: (11:21) Brave - Try the Brave Search API at http://brave.com/jason (20:46)  Arising Ventures - head to http://www.arisingventures.com/TWIST to learn more and connect with the team (31:13) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at http://www.LinkedIn.com/TWIST * Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast