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The Role of AI in Tech Teams with Mike Todasco of San Diego State University
Episode Summary
AI has the potential to amplify our skills, spark our creativity, and help us innovate faster than ever before-if we use it right.
In this episode of the Scaling Tech podcast, Arin sits down with Mike Todasco to discuss the use of AI in tech teams. Mike is a visiting fellow at San Diego State University's Center for Artificial Intelligence and the former Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal. With a deep focus on AI and technology management, he brings a wealth of experience to the table. Mike holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and a Master of Fine Arts from Johns Hopkins, where he explored the intersection of AI and writing.
Drawing from his background in scaling innovation within large organizations, Mike shares actionable strategies for integrating AI tools into workflows, enhancing team productivity, and addressing the ethical and human aspects of scaling tech in software teams.
If you’re looking for resources on how you can use AI to unlock new levels of creativity and efficiency in your team, this is your episode. Tune in now to learn more!
About Guest:
Name: Mike Todasco
What he does: He’s a Visiting Fellow at San Diego State University Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Company: San Diego State University
Where to find Mike: LinkedIn
Key Insights
⚡AI tools can amplify our creativity. Contrary to common fears, AI tools won’t necessarily replace humans or take over our jobs. Instead, they can serve a more inspiring purpose of expanding our capabilities. As Mike puts it, “They can do a decent job at writing. They can do a great job of brainstorming. They could do a pretty good job of editing. A wonderful feedback partner. But natively, these tools aren't very creative. [...] These are all still tools and they are very much tools that can make creative people more creative. And that's really how I like to think about them and focus on them.”
⚡AI is accelerating innovation. AI tools are transforming how we approach innovation, making it faster and more accessible than ever. Mike explains, “I think it's going to lead to more prototyping, more rapid iteration, more just like, ‘Okay, let's just build four different versions of this because we couldn't do that before, and let's see what's out there and just see which one's going to stick, and then iterate and iterate and iterate.’ I think the concept of making MVPs, minimum viable prototypes for products, I think it's just going to be quicker to get to that, and you're going to be able to try and experiment so much more than you would have been able to do otherwise.”
⚡AI-first engineering teams are the future. As AI continues to shape the future of tech, its impact on engineering teams is becoming more profound. Mike explains, “We don't even know what they're capable of. The creator tools don't know what they're fully capable of. We're discovering stuff. And especially for engineers, the act of discovery and finding new things and learning new things. This is the stuff that engineers thrive on. So, managers, just put in those constraints, and you are going to then see your team become not just an engineering team, but kind of an AI-first engineering team, and eventually that is what we're all going to become.”
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  • @EranClaudette
    @EranClaudette 12 днів тому

    Great analysis, thank you! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

  • @scalingtechpodcast
    @scalingtechpodcast 22 дні тому

    Here's the Medium article that Doug wrote about 1-1s and is mentioned in the discussion! medium.com/@dougramirez/how-to-conduct-effective-1-on-1s-a-managers-guide-f0d14d4c9057

  • @ianglenn2821
    @ianglenn2821 3 місяці тому

    My belt has moved between different mangement roles, they didn't think I would track them down years later after they abused me, but I did, they are sore and sorry.

  • @nozomutakenami3182
    @nozomutakenami3182 3 місяці тому

    True! When I was honest with my boss, he trusted me MORE! I worked under him 17 years. I knew he appreciated the focused desire to do 110% in all my tasks. Now I’m 58 and many young ones work with me. And I notice the ones that are honest. They win my trust!

  • @stevegpatterson
    @stevegpatterson 3 місяці тому

    Enjoyed listening/watching this! Glenn, I love how you explain AI.

  • @greenaum
    @greenaum 3 місяці тому

    This is oversimplifying, to a harmful degree. That's just not how GPTs work. You don't get an "average". In a way you could consider it like that, but an "average" in many dimensions and with plenty of complexity within it. Don't humans really just give an "average" of the opinions of people in their life? Can most humans create anything new, that isn't derivative? He has a point but that's only 1% of what he's actually saying, and the other 99% is going to confuse people. This is not a useful conversation to have, in such casual terms, it misses out so much that's important. The public are already confused by AI, and the media are doing their best to make it seem threatening. If anything, it's exactly as threatening as existing businesses are, and they harm our lives every day just using ordinary human faculties. Landlords threaten you and take your money for nothing, companies rob and abuse you, cartels fix pricing in a supposed "capitalist" "free market" economy that isn't. If anything, AI being intrinsically good, might well help the ordinary person. You *could* make an evil AI, but consider, what would you train it on? Most of everytthing that's ever been committed to writing by humans beings has been good-natured. To train an AI enough to be able to speak the language, you're necessarily exposing it to all sorts of humane and pro-social ideas.

  • @lancethrustworthy
    @lancethrustworthy 3 місяці тому

    Early on, I conversed with Chap GPT and at that time, it didn't seem to 'know' about Humpty Dumpty the large cannon that fell from its platform and could not be easily pulled from the mire. Chat GPT only knew of the political character.

  • @GavinMacintyre-v8x
    @GavinMacintyre-v8x 4 місяці тому

    Really enjoyed this!

  • @damoncarr4305
    @damoncarr4305 Рік тому

    Promo*SM 💐

  • @dallas7707
    @dallas7707 Рік тому

    🤭 "Promosm"

  • @pandastory-abookseriesabou8568

    🖖🏻 Agreed

  • @GuillermoPradoObando
    @GuillermoPradoObando Рік тому

    seeing on 2023, thanks for sharing your very valuable experiences

  • @rajadas6432
    @rajadas6432 2 роки тому

    This is another good discussion. One question that haunts me, how big tech companies make market commitments about product launch and meets it. Say, I-phone launch. That's a question of predictability, right? Any insight, how they do it? Eager to learn.

  • @rajadas6432
    @rajadas6432 2 роки тому

    Blessing of digital age is ability to soak knowledge from numerous source. Thank you brining this discussion and sharing with all. In order to explore further these topics just order the book as well. Looking forward for more such valuable discussions. Thank you!!

  • @OPrimoDev
    @OPrimoDev 2 роки тому

    Wow, it's really fascinating to see how a business is born and how it grows! For me, it means that as the business grows, the people behind it grow more, bringing experiences in a kind of “multiverse of possibilities” 😅. I realized that with this there is no possibility to choose a specific thing and do just that, because as an entrepreneur you will face many challenges, and solving each challenge gives you more experience (unlocking more challenges and rewards like a challenge tree). Knowing the story behind every fact and decision makes us see the motivation through things! Great episode!