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Pieter Levels

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2088 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Yeah, but I mean, Apple does this. Like I started in business school, Apple does competing product teams that operate as startups. So it's three to five people. They make something. They have multiple teams who make the same thing. The best team wins. So I think you need to emulate a free market inside a company to make it entrepreneurial.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Yeah, but I mean, Apple does this. Like I started in business school, Apple does competing product teams that operate as startups. So it's three to five people. They make something. They have multiple teams who make the same thing. The best team wins. So I think you need to emulate a free market inside a company to make it entrepreneurial.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And you need entrepreneurial mentality in a company to come up with new ideas and do it better.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And you need entrepreneurial mentality in a company to come up with new ideas and do it better.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And you need entrepreneurial mentality in a company to come up with new ideas and do it better.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Yeah, I tried to learn virtual reality because I was like, this was like same as AI. It came up suddenly like 2016, 2017 with I think HTC Vive, these big VR glasses before Apple Vision Pro. And I was like, oh, this is going to be big. So I need to learn this. So I know nothing about 3D. I installed like, I think Unity and like Blender and stuff.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Yeah, I tried to learn virtual reality because I was like, this was like same as AI. It came up suddenly like 2016, 2017 with I think HTC Vive, these big VR glasses before Apple Vision Pro. And I was like, oh, this is going to be big. So I need to learn this. So I know nothing about 3D. I installed like, I think Unity and like Blender and stuff.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Yeah, I tried to learn virtual reality because I was like, this was like same as AI. It came up suddenly like 2016, 2017 with I think HTC Vive, these big VR glasses before Apple Vision Pro. And I was like, oh, this is going to be big. So I need to learn this. So I know nothing about 3D. I installed like, I think Unity and like Blender and stuff.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And I started learning all this stuff because I thought this was like a new, you know, nascent technology that was going to be big. And if I had the skills for it, I could use this to build stuff. And so I think with learning for me, it's like, I think learning is so funny because people always ask me like, how do you learn to code? Like, should I learn to code? And I'm like,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And I started learning all this stuff because I thought this was like a new, you know, nascent technology that was going to be big. And if I had the skills for it, I could use this to build stuff. And so I think with learning for me, it's like, I think learning is so funny because people always ask me like, how do you learn to code? Like, should I learn to code? And I'm like,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

And I started learning all this stuff because I thought this was like a new, you know, nascent technology that was going to be big. And if I had the skills for it, I could use this to build stuff. And so I think with learning for me, it's like, I think learning is so funny because people always ask me like, how do you learn to code? Like, should I learn to code? And I'm like,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

I don't know, like every day I'm learning, it's kind of cliche, but every day I'm learning new stuff. So every day I'm searching on Google or asking now ChatGPT how to do this thing, how to do this thing. Every day I'm getting better at my skill. So you never stop learning. So the whole concept of like, how do you learn? Well, you never end. So where do you want to be?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

I don't know, like every day I'm learning, it's kind of cliche, but every day I'm learning new stuff. So every day I'm searching on Google or asking now ChatGPT how to do this thing, how to do this thing. Every day I'm getting better at my skill. So you never stop learning. So the whole concept of like, how do you learn? Well, you never end. So where do you want to be?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

I don't know, like every day I'm learning, it's kind of cliche, but every day I'm learning new stuff. So every day I'm searching on Google or asking now ChatGPT how to do this thing, how to do this thing. Every day I'm getting better at my skill. So you never stop learning. So the whole concept of like, how do you learn? Well, you never end. So where do you want to be?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Do you want to know a little bit? Do you want to know a lot? Do you want to do it for your whole life? So I think taking action is the best step to learn. So making things happen. Like, you know nothing, just start making things. Okay, so like how to make a website, search how to make a website. Or nowadays you ask JetGPT, how do I make a website? Where do I start?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Do you want to know a little bit? Do you want to know a lot? Do you want to do it for your whole life? So I think taking action is the best step to learn. So making things happen. Like, you know nothing, just start making things. Okay, so like how to make a website, search how to make a website. Or nowadays you ask JetGPT, how do I make a website? Where do I start?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Do you want to know a little bit? Do you want to know a lot? Do you want to do it for your whole life? So I think taking action is the best step to learn. So making things happen. Like, you know nothing, just start making things. Okay, so like how to make a website, search how to make a website. Or nowadays you ask JetGPT, how do I make a website? Where do I start?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

It generates code for you, right? Copy the code, put it in a file, save it, open it in Google Chrome or whatever. You have a website. And then you start tweaking with it and you start, okay, how do I add a button? How do I add AI features, right? Like nowadays. So it's like by taking action, you can learn stuff much faster than reading books or tutorials.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

It generates code for you, right? Copy the code, put it in a file, save it, open it in Google Chrome or whatever. You have a website. And then you start tweaking with it and you start, okay, how do I add a button? How do I add AI features, right? Like nowadays. So it's like by taking action, you can learn stuff much faster than reading books or tutorials.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#440 โ€“ Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

It generates code for you, right? Copy the code, put it in a file, save it, open it in Google Chrome or whatever. You have a website. And then you start tweaking with it and you start, okay, how do I add a button? How do I add AI features, right? Like nowadays. So it's like by taking action, you can learn stuff much faster than reading books or tutorials.