AK Kulkarni

PM for @julesagent at @GoogleLabs. Learning and tweeting. opinions my own.

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@shreyas I loved your post today so much. Sent an email but also posting here in case its easier

I'm a new(ish) parent and I'm struggling with the fact that my time is no longer my own. I can no longer be selfish and work on work or random side projects. My personal time has shrunk but my ambitions have not. I believe you're a parent too, did you deal with this? In hindsight, what advice would you give someone going through it right now?

[Arnaud Benard @arnaudai]

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[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@LizzieTao @dalmaer 😂😂😂

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

Building the *right* thing matters more than ever. It needs to be grounded in what your users care about.

Building 10x more features can easily be 10x more noise if you don't have a coherent product perspective of what your product is, who its users are, what your unique value prop is

[Ed Zitron @edzitron]

Uber’s COO has said that it’s getting “harder to justify” its AI costs because there was no way to show a link between AI spend and any meaningful increase in useful features. This is the first time I’ve seen a company say this directly.

https://t.co/xUhZvtpwah

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@silent_butagrim @MahawarYas27492 @aviaip @julesagent @OfficialLoganK Yup, jules 2 will use the latest Gemini models available

Want to get early access? Send me an email at [email protected] and I’ll get you access. It’s still super early/rough and it’s far from being done, but if you’re curious, I’ll get you access

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@MahawarYas27492 @aviaip @julesagent @OfficialLoganK And hi, it’s me, I’m the jules lead

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@MeganRisdal See you there!!

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@nadzi_mouad @simpsoka Yes! We’re heads down working on the new version - https://t.co/QaucgeW6xj if you want a sneak preview of the new version!

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@simpsoka @Conor_D_Dart Jkjk, there wouldn’t be a Jules without Kathy!

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@simpsoka @Conor_D_Dart Sorry, who are you?

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@GergelyOrosz @programmer_00P Jules isn’t dead! We’re working on something new that required us to go heads down for a bit
https://t.co/QaucgeW6xj

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@SubleBoom @vibestor @tunahorse21 Haven’t given up, lots lots lots more coming soon

See https://t.co/QaucgeVyHL for more info

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@petergyang @joshwoodward Knows everyone’s name even though he has such a big org. Responds to everyone, not sure how he does it

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@petergyang @joshwoodward He’s the absolute best

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@rustinb 100000000% love this

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

@cramforce 100% https://t.co/ruoWu5CvUG

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

This is a bit of hot take - but I think people managers will actually thrive if they are willing to get their hands dirty. The good ones are already comfortable with: 1) dictating outcomes, not actions, 2) handling non deterministic outputs, and 3) good at giving very specific feedback

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

And I think those are skills that ICs can learn but people managers will have a leg up in

[AK Kulkarni @itsakdev]

This is a bit of hot take - but I think people managers will actually thrive if they are willing to get their hands dirty. The good ones are already comfortable with: 1) dictating outcomes, not actions, 2) handling non deterministic outputs, and 3) good at giving very specific feedback

[Mo @atmoio]

"I don't think people managers will have any value in the future."

Airbnb CEO said on a recent pod the people most screwed by AI will be people managers.

Perhaps we had this all wrong. The future belongs to ICs. There is now more use for them than ever before.