NBW: Big Ideas on Startups, AI and Personal Development (Page 14)

Why respecting the laws of physics is important

‘If you convince yourself to care a lot about what you’re learning, you’re naturally, if you’re passionate about what you’re doing, you’re gonna learn faster, you’re gonna become smarter faster.’ – Guillaume Verdon Guillaume Verdon, a physicist and quantum computing researcher, shares his insights on

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Why you need to learn AI in 2024

‘There’s a huge opportunity now, open to a wider community of people who perhaps are not hardcore AI guys, but they can leverage the power of AI just by interfacing with APIs.’ – David Bombal As we progress further into the digital era, knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine

AI: Grappling with a New Kind of Intelligence

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AI: Grappling with a New Kind of Intelligence

There is no question, absolutely no question that at some point in the future perhaps decades from now we’ll have AI systems that are as smart as humans in all the domains where humans are smart. – Yann LeCun Explore the evolution, potential, and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI). Understand

What are the metrics that matter most for consumer startups?

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What are the metrics that matter most for consumer startups?

‘The best consumer companies incorporate both virality and network effect which are different concepts but very closely related in order to grow their user base organically.’ – Tom Blomfield YC Group Partner Tom Blomfield dives into the metrics that matter most for consumer startups. He discusses various aspects such as growth

How to protect yourself from the misuse of AI?

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How to protect yourself from the misuse of AI?

‘If we cannot believe what we see, what do we believe in? It is very important that we question this system constantly.’ – Anna Danés Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a part of our everyday lives, but with this comes potential misuse and ethical concerns. Anna Danés, an AI ethicist,

What makes large language models expensive?

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What makes large language models expensive?

The larger the [AI] model is, the more parameters it has, and that’s going to drive compute and different resources. – Jessica Ridella Jessica Ridella, IBM’s Global Sales Leader for the watsonx.ai generative AI platform, breaks down the pivotal factors that influence the cost of large language models

How to use AI's superpower to help Neurodiverse students

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How to use AI's superpower to help Neurodiverse students

We need to teach every kid in the way that kid learns. Simple. And this is where it gets exciting because the same technology that got us into this pickle is giving us a superpower with which to navigate it and it’s called artificial intelligence. – Eloise Leher In a

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Critical Thinking

The vital data we flush down the toilet

What’s amazing about sewage is that it’s naturally aggregated and anonymized. Once flushed, your waste is mixing with that of thousands and thousands of people, so there’s actually no way to tie any information from here back to a specific person. – Newsha Ghaeli Data detective Newsha Ghaeli

Why a legendary actor wants to change the narrative of mental health

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Why a legendary actor wants to change the narrative of mental health

We have found that the stigma around what we are dealing with can be worse than the diseases themselves. – Glenn Close Actor Glenn Close shares her personal journey with mental health, influenced by her family’s struggles. She discusses the stigma around mental illnesses and how she founded Bring Change

What is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and how can it help you?

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What is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and how can it help you?

Tim Ferriss and Dr. Nolan Williams explore the new frontiers of mental health treatments including brain stimulation, rapid-acting tools for depression, and more. They delve into novel therapies such as accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT), shedding light on how these breakthroughs can revolutionize

How AI can help us make good decisions in critical moments

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How AI can help us make good decisions in critical moments

I believe that without understanding human decisions, we cannot leverage the full benefits of AI-enabled decisions in societal contexts. This collective intelligence of AI and human decision science researchers is enabling us to make better recommendations by modeling how people respond to recommendations. – Aarti Singh Aarti Singh, the Director of

What does Meta's Chief AI Scientist think about the future of AI?

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What does Meta's Chief AI Scientist think about the future of AI?

If you want to ban technological progress, you’re taking a much bigger risk than if you favor it. You have to do it right obviously but the benefits far overwhelm the dangers. – Yann LeCun Yann LeCun, Meta’s Chief AI Scientist, delves into his vision for the future of

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Why free will is just an illusion

We are capable of being changed. Once we are changed in a particular way, it can even lead us to modify our behavior so that we’re changed in that way even more so. And nonetheless, we are not sitting there and exercising free will when we decide. – Robert Sapolsky

How to handle relationships when you are in position of power?

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How to handle relationships when you are in position of power?

‘I think my family, my friendships, we’ve kept our community. That keeps us solid and keeps us whole and grounded.’ – Michelle Obama Michelle Obama reflects on her time as the First Lady and how it impacted her personal relationships. She delves into the challenges of being in a position

How to improve the discipline of product management?

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How to improve the discipline of product management?

‘When we see sales or executive driven product management, it’s really on the individual and the discipline has to elevate itself to a place that it earns the right to make a decision on what we do.’ – Christian Idiodi Christian Idiodi, partner at Silicon Valley Product Group, unravels the

Life lessons to learn from Teddy Atlas' boxing experiences

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Life lessons to learn from Teddy Atlas' boxing experiences

‘It’s a story about loyalty, betrayal, fear, and greatness. It’s a story where nobody is perfect and everybody is human.’ – Teddy Atlas Delving into the world of boxing and beyond, Teddy Atlas, a celebrated boxing trainer, offers unique insights into his life journey. From his relationship with Cus

Workplace friction: Make the right things easier and the wrong things harder

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Workplace friction: Make the right things easier and the wrong things harder

Friction is simply putting obstacles in front of people that slow them down, that make their jobs hard to do, more difficult, maybe a little bit more frustrating. – Robert Sutton Delve into the concept of workplace friction with Stanford professor, Robert Sutton. He discusses how to identify and manage friction,

Tech expert warns of AI's potentially dangerous capabilities

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Tech expert warns of AI's potentially dangerous capabilities

‘What’s different is that the AI is like an interactive tutor. Think about it as we’re moving from the textbook era to the interactive super smart tutor era. That’s different than a Google search having an interactive tutor’ – Aza Raskin Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, the co-founders

A Dire Warning for Humanity's Future: Can AI alter our perception of reality?

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A Dire Warning for Humanity's Future: Can AI alter our perception of reality?

‘It’s the first technology in history that can make decisions by itself and take power away from us. This is extremely dangerous but it’s not inevitable, humans can change it.’ – Yuval Noah Harari Historian and author Yuval Noah Harari issues an urgent warning about the potential impact of

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How to prevent & treat colds & flu

The virus that we call the cold virus is spread by breathing or by sneezing or by people sneezing or coughing onto their hands and then touching surfaces and then other people touching those surfaces and then touching most likely their eyes in order to self- infect. – Andrew Huberman Andrew

What happens when you put AI in driver’s seat?

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What happens when you put AI in driver’s seat?

We have folks like Sal Khan from Khan Academy saying that he expects AI to be able to put a personalized tutor in the pocket of every student around the world but then when we still talk about how we learn and get access to information, we have other folks

Why curiosity is communication’s secret weapon

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Why curiosity is communication’s secret weapon

‘Whether you’re a leader or anywhere in the organization, it takes some bravery to ask questions if you don’t know what the answer will be. My advice is to leave time for questions and be open to the answers.’ – Debra Schifrin Matt Abrahams and Debra Schifrin, faculty at

How to harness the power of AI to boost work productivity?

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How to harness the power of AI to boost work productivity?

I’m convinced this technology is for the better for everybody. I’m absolutely sure about it. Feel empowered to start using AI, experience the outcomes and feel more productive, feel more successful and start experiencing the magic of artificial intelligence. – Gabriel Mendoza Gabriel Mendoza, a seasoned tech entrepreneur and

What the future will look like where humans and AI co-create

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What the future will look like where humans and AI co-create

We have choices of how we want to move into the future and embrace a technology, how we want to do that. It’s within our control to make those decisions. – Elizabeth McCalley Elizabeth McCalley, a technology executive and founder of Market Edge Partners, takes us on a journey into

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