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Ravi Gupta

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
314 total appearances

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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

I'll just be able to stay good and then I'll just figure it out and I'll get the second track and we'll make it work. Maybe, but I would affirmatively really try to figure it out by like trying to break it in your own mind.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

I'll just be able to stay good and then I'll just figure it out and I'll get the second track and we'll make it work. Maybe, but I would affirmatively really try to figure it out by like trying to break it in your own mind.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

Yeah, I think we have a standard for these models that is so insane right now, which is effective. Like if I just ask you to do something and I'm not clear on what I'm asking you and you don't know anything about my company, do you just make it happen? If you don't get it the first time perfectly, I basically am like, meh, this thing doesn't work.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

Yeah, I think we have a standard for these models that is so insane right now, which is effective. Like if I just ask you to do something and I'm not clear on what I'm asking you and you don't know anything about my company, do you just make it happen? If you don't get it the first time perfectly, I basically am like, meh, this thing doesn't work.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

The thought experiment you and I are talking about is, what if you just knew the person was brilliant and you knew that they would work 24 hours a day for you and you just knew that they had this crazy potential? The first time they messed up, you wouldn't just be like, oh, they suck. You'd be like, I got to do something differently in order to get the most out of this person.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

The thought experiment you and I are talking about is, what if you just knew the person was brilliant and you knew that they would work 24 hours a day for you and you just knew that they had this crazy potential? The first time they messed up, you wouldn't just be like, oh, they suck. You'd be like, I got to do something differently in order to get the most out of this person.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

That would just totally be the reaction. And instead, I think we are treating the models like they're like... someone's nephew that we had to hire. And it's like, no, I gave him the chance and I knew it, he sucked.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

That would just totally be the reaction. And instead, I think we are treating the models like they're like... someone's nephew that we had to hire. And it's like, no, I gave him the chance and I knew it, he sucked.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

The mental model of, no, this is the person that you fought like crazy to hire and you were so lucky to get and you didn't think they were going to come and the first project wasn't perfect. It's like, no, I'm going to make this work. That mental model is so different and so much better. And frankly, we'll have so much positivity. For your company, I really like that mental model.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

The mental model of, no, this is the person that you fought like crazy to hire and you were so lucky to get and you didn't think they were going to come and the first project wasn't perfect. It's like, no, I'm going to make this work. That mental model is so different and so much better. And frankly, we'll have so much positivity. For your company, I really like that mental model.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

And if something doesn't work right with the model, it's your fault, not the model's. It's not a question of the model's capability. It's a question of your prompting and your understanding and your ability to give it context. Context is going to grow even more important here. And I think most of what's missing from the models in order to be magic for you is context. Part of the reason I think that

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

And if something doesn't work right with the model, it's your fault, not the model's. It's not a question of the model's capability. It's a question of your prompting and your understanding and your ability to give it context. Context is going to grow even more important here. And I think most of what's missing from the models in order to be magic for you is context. Part of the reason I think that

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

Cursor and Cognition, some of these other companies have done so well is they actually have shared context of the code base and then they get better and better with the more work that they do alongside of you. I think what's missing a lot of times with what people try to get out of the model is giving it enough context for it to be great.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

Cursor and Cognition, some of these other companies have done so well is they actually have shared context of the code base and then they get better and better with the more work that they do alongside of you. I think what's missing a lot of times with what people try to get out of the model is giving it enough context for it to be great.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

The relationship idea here would be like the relationship most of us have the most shared context in is the one with our spouse. With your spouse, you can like flicker your eyes at a party and they know it's time to go. You just have so much shared context that the smallest movement of the way your eyes look, the length of a blink, all of a sudden they know everything.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

The relationship idea here would be like the relationship most of us have the most shared context in is the one with our spouse. With your spouse, you can like flicker your eyes at a party and they know it's time to go. You just have so much shared context that the smallest movement of the way your eyes look, the length of a blink, all of a sudden they know everything.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

Avni can perfectly tell what I will think about something. without me even being there. She can perfectly imagine what I will react to something with. That's because of a lot of shared context. And I think my point on envisioning these models as a collaborator, and now take that to work. There are people you've worked with for a long time, where like, they just know what you're going to want.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

Avni can perfectly tell what I will think about something. without me even being there. She can perfectly imagine what I will react to something with. That's because of a lot of shared context. And I think my point on envisioning these models as a collaborator, and now take that to work. There are people you've worked with for a long time, where like, they just know what you're going to want.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

These models, I think, can and will be able to do that as collaborators, but we have to give them the context. I think the only way to really lead through this is to lead through optimism. The only thing I didn't like about the title of this recent blog, it sounds negative, AI or die.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Ravi Gupta - AI or Die - [Invest Like the Best, EP.411]

These models, I think, can and will be able to do that as collaborators, but we have to give them the context. I think the only way to really lead through this is to lead through optimism. The only thing I didn't like about the title of this recent blog, it sounds negative, AI or die.