Recently, I've had several people ask about how I got into AI.
There are a couple of different answers, but I shot a video to go through the main points.
You could argue that I got my start in AI with my most recent company – Capitalogix – which started almost 20 years ago. You could also say that my previous company – IntellAgent Control – was an early AI company, and that's where I got my start. By today's standards, the technology we used back then was too simple to call AI … but at the time, we were on the cutting edge.
You could go further back and say it started when I became the first lawyer in my firm to use a computer, and I fell in love with technology.
As I look back, I've spent my whole life on this path. My fascination with making better decisions, taking smarter actions, and a commitment to getting better results probably started when I was two years old (because of the incident discussed in the video).
Ultimately, the starting point is irrelevant. Looking back, it seems inevitable. The decisions I made, the people I met, and my experiences … they all led me here.
However, at any point in the journey, if you asked, "Is this where you thought you'd end up?" I doubt that I'd have said yes.
I've always been fascinated by what makes people successful and how to become more efficient and effective. In a sense, that's what AI does. It's a capability amplifier.
When I switched from being a corporate securities lawyer to an entrepreneur, I intended to go down that path.
Artificial Intelligence happened to be the best vehicle I found to do that. It made sense then, and it makes sense now.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Onwards!
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