The Long Game w/ Elijah Murray Shane Brennan: Behavioral Change, AI as an Equalizer & Startup Opportunities
Shane Brennan is a thought leader in the realm of AI and startup landscapes. In this conversation we explored the threshold for behavioral change as a framework for startups, the impact of AI on the current market, and the potential of AI as an equalizer in the marketplace. We also delved into startup opportunities in AI-adjacent sectors, such as compliance and data accuracy, and the nature of AI being intrinsically lazy.
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(00:00:00) Intro and background
(00:01:14) How people change behavior
(00:04:00) The different roles of a transaction
(00:09:05) Roles vs Personas
(00:15:25) Entrepreneurship and the threshold for behavioral change
(00:18:26) Applying the TBC framework to new startups
(00:23:18) Summing up the threshold for behavioral change framework
(00:25:02) How to make decisions in 2023's startup market
(00:27:42) AI market opportunities
(00:30:13) Explainable Artificial Intelligence (AI)
(00:34:52) AI data quality, accuracy, and compliance
(00:37:19) How LLMs actually work
(00:43:00) Is AI essential or a new shiny tool for entrepreneurs?
(00:48:24) AI dangers, less talked about
(00:49:56) AI is lazy, it's just after carrots
(00:52:52) AI changes our need for architects
(00:58:32) AI is the great equalizer
(01:01:08) Microniche experiences and businesses
(01:03:07) Kerckhoff's Principle
(01:05:09) How do you build in a moatless world?
(01:07:27) Federated services; bluesky and Threads
(01:10:51) Federated services non-technically explained
(01:13:23) Curation is key
(01:17:41) Most important AI tool to be built
(01:20:54) Closing
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