What I read/listened to this week (week of 1/9/2022)

What I read/listened to this week (week of 1/9/2022)
credit: some kids from Mushi's school

What I read this week

How to run the annual team meeting

  • From Scott Wolfe – Conducting an all-hands annual meeting was a big part of this for me over the past 10-years; and thus, my holiday break was filled reviewing plans, brainstorming ideas for an annual theme, creating decks, writing annual letters, and the like.  I believe that leading is about communicating, and communicating can be an extremely beautiful craft that pulls people together to create extraordinary things.

How GPT3 actually works?

GPT3 architecture

AI generated contents detector

  • Pairing with another solution with an interesting story for builders

Open AI is not the only game in town

  • With the looming huge round of OpenAI, let's see how their competitor are doing in terms of fund raising. In the long term, the competitiveness of AI model infra companies should be the uniqueness of its training resources, plus the training algorithm and compute resources. But do these become real moats?

What I listened to this week

All-in podcast annual prediction

  • It's enlightening to hear the back stories from these folks, however, even worrying more about the upcoming recession? Are they over-reacting?

Business breakdown on luxury brand Hermès

  • It cover the brand's iconic handbags, how Hermès exudes exclusivity, and its potential for future growth.

You are here and be present!

- Jinai

Jinai A

Jinai A

Seattle