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You are a builder. Can AI replace you?

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Daniel Bean
Managing Editor @ Mixpanel
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Jun 13, 2024
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Mar 1, 2024

How do you define artificial intelligence?

Let's talk about those generative AI systems of today—things like Chat-GPT, Google Gemini, or Midjourney. Has their emergence been surprising and exciting to AI vets like yourself?

Yet, I’m assuming we haven’t scratched the surface of what’s to come for AI. What are the next steps forward?

Analytics for everyone.

What are the human-like behaviors that today’s AI agents are most closely replicating? You mentioned “learning.” Does AI “think”? How does that actually work?

Can AI innovate?

If I were an “ideas” person with no hard skills, how far could I get today by “hiring” AI to build some digital product I’ve thought up?

So maybe AI is a builder you could hire … but it’s only a novice-level builder who needs a lot of micromanaging from experienced humans.

Will that be much different in the near future? Do we expect these systems to become so much better that they could replace higher-level builders?

At the very least, it sounds like builders will have to be good AI prompt engineers?

More generally, your advice is to keep up on the latest with AI—or you may find yourself at risk of being replaced? Is that right?

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Daniel Bean
Daniel Bean
Managing Editor @ Mixpanel