A lot of people have already made money with Chat gpt, are you still indifferent? Lu Qi gave a speech on artificial intelligence a few days ago, many people may not know much about Lu Qi, let me briefly introduce it. He used to be one of the most influential Chinese executives in U.S. tech and was once a vice president at Microsoft, where he lost a bid against Indian-born Nadella for Microsoft's C job, or if he had won, Microsoft's CEO might now be a Chinese.
Lu returned to China to join Baidu, left after a while, and then joined the well-known American startup incubator, YC's China branch and has been operating ever since. It can be said that Lu Qi is one of the closest people to GPT in China. Why do you say that?
He first led the development of GPT during his time at Microsoft, and now he has become a powerful tool with artificial intelligence capabilities. Lu Qi is said to have actively supported the development of artificial intelligence during his time at Microsoft, while Bill Gates has always been skeptical of artificial intelligence.
Lu Qi and Open Al's boss, Sam Altman, are close friends, and the two have worked together at YC. It was at the invitation of YC President Altman that Lu Qicai joined YC headquarters. Therefore, Lu Qi's understanding of OPEN AI and GPT should surpass most people. His speech is certainly worth listening to, and tens of thousands of words have been fully available online. If you are interested in this, you can search and read by yourself, if you can't find it, you can also find me to send it to you privately. I can summarize here and share my personal opinion.
In his speech, Lu Qi argued that GPT has brought about a shift in social paradigm, and the marginal cost of obtaining information has begun to become a fixed cost. Although his expression may be a bit abstract, let me give you an analogy. Before the Internet, access to information was costly, and there was even a lot of information that you simply could not understand.
With the Internet, the cost of accessing large amounts of information for ordinary people was close to zero, triggering a huge productivity revolution. But the Internet provides only information, not knowledge. You can access information, but it still takes a lot of learning to turn information into knowledge. For example, you can search for all the legal provisions, court judgments, etc. on the Internet, but you still cannot become a lawyer.
So people who can translate information into professional knowledge and skills are very powerful, such as lawyers and doctors. People with professional skills enjoy a very high status in society. With the development of artificial intelligence technologies such as GPT, productivity is undergoing revolutionary changes. This change breaks down barriers to expertise and makes access to knowledge simple and easy. Now that everyone has the potential to become an analyst and expert, programming has become more common.
However, good people are never replaced. While everyone can learn to drive, not everyone can become a racer, there is a difference in every industry and position, and there is never a shortage of opportunities for the best talent. But those with relatively weak professional skills may be at risk of being replaced, especially in ordinary white-collar occupations like paralegals, translators and proofreaders.
In his speech, Lu Qi pointed out that the mainstream people in the future will be entrepreneurs and scientists. He emphasized that having a vision, perspective and insight is more important for entrepreneurs than professional skills. If a person does not know what he should do all day and lacks unique perceptions and insights, then he may be facing a difficult situation.
So the right thinking should be what I need to do, and then how and how to do it. During this period, Lu Qi also mentioned that many industries and companies may be in danger of collapse. For example, he said, lawyers charge an average of $1.500 an hour in the U.S., while robots with technology like GPT cost just a few cents. If you're a Wall Street hedge fund, you might also be able to take short positions on many sectors.
Many knowledge service industries, including knowledge-intensive industries such as development and design, research and healthcare, are likely to face repurchase. In addition, Lu Qi mentioned Web3, the second stage of the Internet, and then also mentioned the metaverse. While some are skeptical at the moment, these technologies will bring real value to humanity in the long run.
While it's currently at a low point, Web3 will eventually truly change the world. Although this moment may take some time to come to fruition. Follow me to learn AI from the bottom together.
