Cassie Kozyrkov

when i was about eight or nine years old i discovered the most beautiful thing in the universe spreadsheets i had to go and go get full immersion in the decision disciplines i went to college when i was 15. i had actually growing up where i did i didn't realize how big the world was

and she's way smarter than me by like a million X. Every single story is never about the genie.

It is about the unskilled wisher.

Knowing what you want, that's the hardest thing, isn't it?

AI not autonomous in the sense that humans can wash their hands of responsibility for it.

If a data point falls in a forest, does anybody care?

And if information isn't connected to action, does it matter?

Every company now is saying it's an AI company.

And the leadership of these companies?

Do they know what they're doing?

If not, oh dear god.

Yeah, well, well, well, well, zebras and giraffes, yes, but don't forget the ostriches, which I have ridden an ostrich, which is a normal thing, right?

It turns out, you know how when you cover the cage of your bird, it's like, nighttime, go to sleep.

So you have this little bag that you cover the head with.

That's your way to stop.

Now you all know how to ride an ostrich.

That was your morning lesson you didn't expect.

Well, I have to say that I like things to be, you know, exactly what it says on the tin.

which essentially means that if I were in charge of marketing, that would be terrible because the point of marketing is if you tell the thing exactly like it is, then what's the value add, right?

But the just straightforward,