Hey Garry, glad you watched my video, or maybe it just popped up to your feed and caused misunderstanding. I replaced it with "Ex YC China" which was a fact. Just wanted to say you guys are both huge inspirations for me and many founders in Asia, so the only reason I made these videos was to show respect and appreciation. I'm looking forward to seeing more great content from your channel and YC!
Follow me on LinkedIn, Twitter, Red: www.linkedin.com/in/shen-sean-chen/ | twitter.com/ShenSeanChen 00:00 Good Stuff 00:33 Intro 02:24 Deep Dive into Dr. Qi Lu's View on Tech/AI 03:24 Dr. Qi Lu, Sam Altman, and OpenAI 04:48 Platforms and Infrastructures always go first (AI Included) 05:39 Building AI applications 06:38 'All AI wrappers will die' -- Sam Altman 08:21 Not a big fan of "PhD founders" 10:28 "Almost ALL startups will go to a dead end in 1 year" 12:42 "There needs to be that one person with assertiveness" 13:33 YC(US) prefers quasi-equal shares among cofounders
The whole PHD vs. business application discussion is somewhat about Theory vs. Application. But so much of the conceptual understanding of Gen AI is rooted in academic theory - yet, evolved so quickly and recently that almost any school curriculum and degree may not even be relevant for the industry after a few years. Being a technical expert in the domain means knowing so much of the emergent work and research. And the more privatized the less accessible innovation will become for the rest. Great video btw
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Hey Garry, glad you watched my video, or maybe it just popped up to your feed and caused misunderstanding. I replaced it with "Ex YC China" which was a fact. Just wanted to say you guys are both huge inspirations for me and many founders in Asia, so the only reason I made these videos was to show respect and appreciation. I'm looking forward to seeing more great content from your channel and YC!
I'd also like to invite you for a 10-min video collaboration. I'm sure it will be fun 😊
You’re very articulate! Thank you for sharing your thoughts
Thank you! This is really encouraging😁
Follow me on LinkedIn, Twitter, Red: www.linkedin.com/in/shen-sean-chen/ | twitter.com/ShenSeanChen
00:00 Good Stuff
00:33 Intro
02:24 Deep Dive into Dr. Qi Lu's View on Tech/AI
03:24 Dr. Qi Lu, Sam Altman, and OpenAI
04:48 Platforms and Infrastructures always go first (AI Included)
05:39 Building AI applications
06:38 'All AI wrappers will die' -- Sam Altman
08:21 Not a big fan of "PhD founders"
10:28 "Almost ALL startups will go to a dead end in 1 year"
12:42 "There needs to be that one person with assertiveness"
13:33 YC(US) prefers quasi-equal shares among cofounders
The whole PHD vs. business application discussion is somewhat about Theory vs. Application.
But so much of the conceptual understanding of Gen AI is rooted in academic theory - yet, evolved so quickly and recently that almost any school curriculum and degree may not even be relevant for the industry after a few years. Being a technical expert in the domain means knowing so much of the emergent work and research. And the more privatized the less accessible innovation will become for the rest.
Great video btw
Agreed and thank you ❤️
Love this, keep going sean 💚
Thank you 🙌