dan ahrens

does software industry stuff. always learning. probably cares just a little too much.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta Not least of which is the question if AI will give better advice to our kids than we can give. Good parents want to prepare their kids to be better at life than the parents were, and take pride in that job. Kids will ask AI for more advice than their parents.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta Stuff like this is why we love you, Nick. We are grateful and thankful that you are in our lives!

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta Maybe the people asking are the same people who got burned by NFTs and are now leery of buzzy TLAs?

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta Part 2

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta This is what Claude gave me and it seems to hit the main points correctly. I also like to think society is heading to a world where the work week will significantly shrink (contrast w/ pre industrial work routines). If the microplastics and AI don't kill us first.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta With the sketch way they treated you (no invoice, immediate deactivation, no reply to emails) it sounds like the right question to ask is:
"when do you deactivate a vendor?"

😄

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta My fear is that humans as a species are not developing requisite skepticism and critical thinking skills fast enough to prevent this tech from being used to control others and do harm on grand scales.

Seeing video evidence used to be believing.

No longer.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta @OnlyCFO Reminds me of the old comedy skit - 'we lose money on every transaction, but we make it up with volume'

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta @levie Your nuance is the same I was thinking of, but in terms of types of internal teams.

R&D + AI = same # of engineers producing more with better quality (supply limited)

Tech support + AI = less humans needed once gains in experience/quality are deemed sufficient (demand limited)

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@levie This is cool and all, but maybe next time don't select music that is reminiscent of the climax of Ex Machina. Let's not foreshadow that specific outcome, please.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta 100% agreed. It impacts not only WHAT they build but HOW they research, engineer, market, sell - everything!

Companies not using Generative AI will be left behind. Even candidates looking at companies need to consider the AI strategy before accepting the offer. Bet on a winner!

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta Congrats on the huge news! Adding customer education to the customer success toolbox is such a natural fit.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta 3. ~15% of software buyers enjoy the adrenaline rush brought on by change, complexity, and a dash of chaos.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta It's also the first tech (I think) that even the creators are not quite sure exactly how it works. They understand what they coded and how it should work, but the precise behavior is not as predictable as "1+1=2".

[Aaron Levie @levie]

In any technological revolution we initially look at what gets replaced, but the real impact is what gets expanded. AI will give experts a superpower to do even more, and lowers the barrier for non-experts to get started. This expands almost every market.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@mwfowlie @bondidude @fuckyouiquit All pay increases are inflationary. What's your point?

[Justin Kanew @Kanew]

Yesterday at the capitol I asked this Tennessee Republican supermajority what they would do to combat gun violence and protect our kids. Their silence was loud.

Please watch and share.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta When AI models start to speculate on whether or not they may actually exist in a simulation, then we've gone full inception.

[dan ahrens @DanAhrens7]

@nrmehta This has to be a parody, right?
...
Right??