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!
