Ep 878: What’s Coming Next: 5 AI Trends, Problems and Opportunities around the Corner (Replay)

Jordan Wilson (0:02)

Every once in a while, I have to go outside and touch grass. All right, living in Chicago, I'm pretty much hibernating for like four months out of the year, but it was a refreshing recent trip to San Francisco and Silicon Valley that made me realize that, okay, it's probably good to get out a little bit more and talk to people on the cutting edge of AI. And I thought it was probably a good time for a show that kind of took a look at that. And yes, it's maybe kind of boring to hear about some of my recent trips, but I also think it's important because I was able to meet with a lot of the smartest people in AI at some of the biggest companies building the technology of tomorrow that we'll all use. So although I'm not going to be naming names or giving away any juicy details, I can't do any of that. What I did think that I would do on today's show is to give you five AI trends, problems and opportunities that are around the corner that maybe I had an inkling of this happening before my recent travels, but after some of these conversations, I said this is something that we have to talk about. So here's the big picture. I think that San Francisco and Silicon Valley is kind of a tell on what's coming next. I think that AI has changed a lot over the past four years from kind of the chat bot novelty, right? That OpenAI kicked off with ChatGPT, to now it is deeply embedded in kind of running the US economy. And I think that there's definitely a Silicon Valley and San Francisco sticker shock, right? For me, I was kind of amazed to see that the entire city and everyone in there seemingly was just running on AI. And I'm seeing the same problems and opportunities kind of regardless of who I talked with. So that's from both technical builders and non-technical workers. So no matter where you fall on the spectrum, I hope that you're going to get a little bit out of today's show. So speaking of that, stick with me for the next. This one's going to be a fast one, 20-ish minutes. All right. And here's what you're going to learn. You're going to know five AI trends from some of my recent travels that I think you should pay attention to. You're going to know why. Well, I think you should try the impossible when it comes to AI. And I'll explain what that means. And I'm going to give you the one biggest problem that's plaguing both technical people and non-technical people alike. All right. Let's get to it. Welcome to Everyday AI. My name is Jordan Wilson and this thing's for you. It's an unedited, unscripted daily live stream podcast and a free daily newsletter helping everyday business leaders like you and me keep up with all of this AI innovation. I tell you what's important, what's not, and how you can use that information to grow your company and your career. So starts here, but the real cheat code is our website. That's youreverydayai.com. It's also going to be in your show notes if you're listening to the podcast, but there, make sure you sign up for our free daily newsletter. We're going to be recapping the highlights from today's show, as well as all of the other AI news that you need to know to stay ahead if you want to be the smartest person in AI in your company. All right. Let's get to it.

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So it's been a busy week for me, right? Full disclosure, normally don't travel a lot. Not a big fan of it as much as I used to be. I just get a little bit more tired, right? I find myself spending each and every day more and more time trying to increase the quality of the podcast. So it's not as easy as me for to travel and do a couple of shows on the road that I used to. But I did have a great opportunity to partner with Sage more on that, probably later this week on their futures conference. But while I was out in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, I got to meet with a lot of awesome people, right? So I met with six different people from, I'll say, big AI tech, a handful of others from well-known AI startups and other technical leaders from big enterprise companies as well. And then also I was fortunate enough to travel to St. Louis right after that San Francisco trip to keynote the marketing AI summit for worldwide technology. So a little photo of me there blabbing on about AI. So thanks to my friends at WWT for bringing me out for that.