Learnings after working in AI for 9 months
When I moved back to the US a year ago, I would cringe inside a bit when I saw a tweet about HOW AMAZING the latest GPT-4 update was or how MINDBLOWING THIS WEEK IN AI was.
I’d worked in data science/machine learning for 7 years, after all; I’d used language models and embeddings before it was cool. These cretins couldn’t even read a confusion matrix – they should be treated with the same respect as a telemarketer who calls the home landline during dinner, is probably something like how my inner monologue went.
However, in my return to the US, I was also blessed with a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of AI with many of the leading AI labs on making a nimble, AI-first product. As I look back at the past 9 months, I think I’ve made more impact than at any other role in my career. And, my brothers in Christ, two months ago, I must report with to-be-defined levels of irony...