Leadership Dynamics in the Tech Industry

Tom and Nate cover the state of the industry after Llama 3. Is Zuck the best storyteller in AI? Is he the best CEO? Are CEOs doing anything other than buying compute? We cover what it means to be successful at the highest level this week. 

Links:
Dwarkesh interview with Zuck https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/mark-zuckerberg 
Capuchin monkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchin_monkey 

00:00 Introductions & advice from a wolf
00:45 Llama 3
07:15 Resources and investment required for large language models
14:10 What it means to be a leader in the rapidly evolving AI landscape
22:07 How much of AI progress is driven by stories vs resources
29:41 Critiquing the concept of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
38:10 Misappropriation of the term AGI by tech leaders
42:09 The future of open models and AI development

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