Month: March 2025

  • Almost Timely News: 🗞️ Transformative Strategy with Generative AI, Part 2 (2025-03-16)

    Almost Timely News: 🗞️ Transformative Strategy with Generative AI, Part 2 (2025-03-16) :: View in Browser The Big Plug Please forward this newsletter to two people who need it. Or just send them to ChristopherSPenn.com/newsletter. Thanks! Content Authenticity Statement 100% of this week’s newsletter was generated by me, the human. Learn why this kind of…

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  • 几乎及时的资讯:🗞️ 生成式 AI 的变革性战略,第二部分 (2025-03-16)

    几乎及时的资讯:🗞️ 生成式 AI 的变革性战略,第二部分 (2025-03-16) :: 在浏览器中查看 重点推荐 请将此新闻通讯转发给两位需要它的人。或者直接让他们访问 ChristopherSPenn.com/newsletter。谢谢! 内容真实性声明 本周新闻通讯的 100% 由我,人类创作。了解为什么这种披露是一个好主意,并且在不久的将来,任何在欧盟开展业务的人都可能被要求这样做。 在 YouTube 上观看本期新闻通讯 📺 点击此处在 YouTube 上观看本期新闻通讯的视频 📺 版本 » 点击此处获取 MP3 音频 🎧 版本 » 我的想法:生成式 AI 的变革性战略,第二部分 Mike Allton 最近问我,我认为生成式 AI 最具变革性的用例是什么。为了回答这个问题,我们首先要做到一件非常困难的事情,那就是定义“变革”的含义。上周 我们讨论了变革和拉姆斯菲尔德矩阵,但我跳过了这一部分 – 我认为这是我们需要回顾的内容。 第一部分:变革 变革:源自拉丁语 transformare,意为“改变形状,变形”,由 trans “横跨,超越”(见 trans-)+ formare “形成”(见 form (v.))组成。 当一只毛毛虫变成蝴蝶时,它不再是原来的样子了。它拥有完全不同的形态。它可以飞翔,它有吸管。 更重要的是,如果你从未接受过关于毛毛虫和蝴蝶以及基础生物学的教育——也许如果你是一个刚降落到地球上的外星人,看到一只毛毛虫旁边有一只蝴蝶——你不会认为它们是同一种东西。你会看一个,然后再看另一个,然后说“不,那不是同一种东西”。 80 年代和…

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  • Almost Timely News: 🗞️ 혁신적인 전략, 생성형 AI 2부 (2025-03-16)

    Almost Timely News: 🗞️ 혁신적인 전략, 생성형 AI 2부 (2025-03-16) :: 브라우저에서 보기 주요 홍보 이 뉴스레터를 필요로 하는 두 분께 전달해 주세요. 또는 ChristopherSPenn.com/newsletter 로 바로 보내주셔도 좋습니다. 감사합니다! 콘텐츠 진실성 고지 이번 주 뉴스레터는 100% 제가, 인간이 작성했습니다. 이러한 공개가 왜 좋은 아이디어인지, 그리고 가까운 미래에 EU와 어떤 형태로든 사업을 하는 모든 사람에게…

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  • Will AI Bots Kill Social Media? How Billionaires’ Cash Cows Could Dry Up

    Late night thought on a Saturday. Wouldn’t it be ironic if AI slop and bots end up taking down public social media because the only ones left will be the bots talking to each other? And the billionaires’ cash cows dry up because real people depart for other, private places like Discord and group chats?…

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  • From Horrifying to Impressive: How AI Video Generation Has Evolved in Just Two Years

    How fast does AI move? This short video that I put together last night for fun shows Pepperoni Hug Spot from 2023. The author used Midjourney and Adobe After Effects (which is why the words look so good and the transitions are smooth) back in May 2023 to put their video ad together. It was…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Buy or Build Software in the Age of Generative AI?

    In this episode, learn how generative AI is revolutionizing the software industry. You will discover why companies are now building their own software, ditching expensive SaaS subscriptions. You’ll understand how AI is slashing software development time and costs, shifting the build versus buy balance. You will explore how this change impacts SaaS vendors and empowers…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Buy or Build Software in the Age of Generative AI?

    Summary In today's episode, I break down why Klarna dropped 1,200 SaaS providers like Salesforce to build their own AI-powered CRM and what this signals about the future of software. Here's what this means for you. The build versus buy equation is tilting dramatically in favor of building your own software, which means the traditional…

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  • Should OpenAI Add Ads? The Pros, Cons, and Future of AI Advertising

    Should OpenAI have ads? Let’s tackle these questions. First, in terms of what this would mean for OpenAI’s business, they’ve got to find revenue. It’s long been known that OpenAI is burning cash at a crazy rate to keep up their operations. So, advertising is one potential model. The other model would be to increase…

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  • Why Prompt Engineering Is Still Crucial for AI in Production

    “Prompt engineering is dead!” Proclaims the latest round of ‘thought leadership’ around generative AI. No, no it isn’t. Not if you’re putting AI into PRODUCTION. Here’s what I mean. Is prompting using specific, strict techniques like Chain of Thought less necessary now for consumer, end-user use of generative AI, in tools like ChatGPT? Yes, absolutely.…

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  • Mind Readings: How to Explain AI Agents

    In this episode, unlock the mystery of AI agents and understand what they truly are. You will discover the critical differences between AI agents, automations, and simple workflows. You’ll learn how to easily identify if you actually need an AI agent for your tasks. You will gain the knowledge to avoid overpaying for hyped-up automations…

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