SaaStr: “Every single app should have some sort of ChatGPT-like interface, some sort of co-pilot…This is how users want to interact – they don’t want to input data manually, hit refresh, or figure out complex UX anymore. And if nothing else, they will soon expect you at least offer an AI of the level of quality of ours or better.”
Andrej Karpathy: “It strikes me as quite unique and remarkable that LLMs display a dramatic reversal of this pattern – they generate disproportionate benefit for regular people, while their impact is a lot more muted and lagging in corporations and governments. ChatGPT is the fastest growing consumer application in history, with 400 million weekly active users who use it for writing, coding, translation, tutoring, summarization, deep research, brainstorming, etc. This isn’t a minor upgrade to what existed before, it is a major multiplier to an individual’s power level across a broad range of capabilities. And the barrier to use is incredibly low – the models are cheap (free, even), fast, available to anyone on demand behind a url (or even local machine), and they speak anyone’s native language, including tone, slang or emoji. This is insane. As far as I can tell, the average person has never experienced a technological unlock this dramatic, this fast.”
NYTimes: “Recent data from China’s central bank shows that state-controlled banks lent an extra $1.9 trillion to industrial borrowers over the past four years. On the fringes of cities all over China, new factories are being built day and night, and existing factories are being upgraded with robots and automation. China’s investments and advances in manufacturing are producing a wave of exports that threatens to cause factory closings and layoffs not just in the United States but also around the globe. “The tsunami is coming for everyone,” said Katherine Tai.”
Christopher Penn: “n8n is workflow automation software. You and I use it to automate tasks, from the mundane to the exotic. If you’ve ever played games where you have to connect different nodes together (like that one game where you have to connect pipes to get water flowing), or build modular structures (like in SimCity/SimTower), n8n is a natural evolution of that kind of automation. What makes it different and useful in many ways is that n8n has both no-code and high-code options. Hardcore coders can use it and write in its native language (JSON) to quickly develop very elaborate workflows and automations, as well as write their own modules and nodes for it, making it infinitely extensible. Non-technical people can use its interface and pre-made connectors and blocks (called nodes) to piece together workflows.”
Larry Tisch: ““The most important thing is to stay focused on what matters. Most little things ultimately have no effect on an enterprise. It’s the big deals – and the big decisions that do. Don’t spend too much time on little things. The important choices and opportunities are the ones that move the dial.” [via Shane Parrish]
