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📣 archeantus

I firmly believe that AI is the next big wave of tech, where do I start?


I timed the native app wave perfectly and have made a great living and career from doing iOS development and eng management at lots of big-name companies.

Now that the true next wave is here in AI (I never believed it was blockchain and crypto ), I’m left wondering what I should be doing to get involved and be a part of it. I want to be on the forefront of tech and mobile apps just ain’t that anymore.

It seems like AI requires such a new and different way of thinking that I don’t even know how much of my skillset could translate. I guess devs need managers but I want to get into the weeds of this new wave. Where should I start?

  👤 brutus1213 Accepted Answer ✓
AI Scientist here. Learn about LLMs .. the tools are starting to get there .. it looks like API calls. Super easy to get into. Check out ChatGPT's APIs to start.

I am getting some second thoughts about applications that will truly stick and generate value (ala iphone). My gut says same as yours but I have some skepticism as I can see the problems with the tech preventing the hockey stick.

👤 thatfatboy
Do you believe LLMs are AI? I don't. It's just a very simple algo... not saying that they aren't great though.
👤 sinuhe69
If you believe in the wave, just think of a killer app. What would be the killer app for generative AI?