EP 52: Jason Warner & Jacob Effron (Redpoint Ventures) - Former GitHub CTO Explains AI for Dummies

In the 52nd episode of the Logan Bartlett Show, Redpoint’s Jason Warner and Jacob Effron join to discuss the quickly expanding AI landscape, what the AI models are, and why we should be paying attention.(0:00) Welcome Jason Warner and Jacob Effron(8:30) Why does the AI boom feel like it’s come out of nowhere?(12:30) How does it actually work?(16:02) Compounding on itself through usage & training reward models(18:08) Two most mainstream AI models(22:20) Why do people care about open source vs closed source?(30:45) Companies at the foundational level(36:05) What’s exciting from a use case standpoint?(44:28) Changes occurring in the workforce(48:15) Who should be in charge of AI policy(54:12) Comparisons to crypto(58:54) Future-proofing yourself as a founder outside the AI landscape Show Notes: Unsupervised Learning Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Zn7A4TPHRScBPZ2pA6sZ1?si=avH3lLS8R4iBuocgUAiYxQUnsupervised Learning Substack: https://unsupervisedlearning.substack.com/OpenAI Cookbook: https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook#readmeLangchain Overview: https://langchain.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Attention is All You Need Paper: https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.5555/3295222.3295349Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt book: https://www.amazon.com/Age-I-Our-Human-Future/dp/0316273805 Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff Lawson 🎙 Listen to the showApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg 🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the ShowLogan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes. Executive Producer: Rashad AssirProducer: Leah ClapperMixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA 🎙 Listen to the show Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg 🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the Show Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.