

Model Plateaus and Enterprise AI Adoption with Cohere's Aidan Gomez
275 snips Nov 21, 2024
Aidan Gomez, cofounder and CEO of Cohere, shares his journey from a rural Canadian background to the forefront of AI innovation. He discusses his role in co-authoring the groundbreaking paper 'Attention is All You Need' and how it shaped his mission at Cohere. The conversation dives into the challenges enterprises face in adopting AI, including build vs. buy strategies and common pitfalls. Aidan also offers insights into the future of Artificial General Intelligence and the hurdles large language models encounter in predictive tasks.
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A Happy Accident
- Aidan Gomez stumbled into AI by attending the University of Toronto where Geoffrey Hinton taught.
- A lucky mistake landed him an internship at Google Brain, intended for PhD students, despite being an undergrad.
Founding Cohere
- Aidan Gomez's experience working with key figures in AI, including Lukasz Kaiser and Noam Shazeer, solidified his understanding of the technology's trajectory.
- Witnessing the release of GPT-2 and recognizing the potential of large language models prompted him to co-found Cohere.
Cohere's Mission
- Cohere focuses on empowering businesses to utilize AI, enhancing productivity and transforming products.
- They prioritize enterprise solutions and building a platform, not competing with ChatGPT.