This Week in NoCode + AI Unlocking Next-Gen AI Agents with Lutra.ai | TWIN 57
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Feb 8, 2025 Jiquan Ngiam, Co-founder and CEO of Lutra.ai, shares his journey from Coursera and Google Brain to pioneering a no-code AI platform for business automation. He discusses how Lutra.ai is redefining efficiency through user-created 'playbooks' for tasks like email management. The conversation also explores the future of AI in self-driving cars, emphasizing technological integration and societal impacts. Listeners gain insights on navigating AI challenges and the importance of embracing these tools for professional growth and innovation.
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Coursera Founding
- Jiquan Ngiam's AI journey began in 2009 at Stanford, working with Andrew Ng on deep learning.
- He left his PhD program to co-found Coursera, aiming to democratize education.
AI Advancements
- AI models have improved drastically in the last 10-12 years, by 10-100x.
- Key milestones include AlexNet, transformers, and multimodal models combining images and text.
Self-Driving Future
- Jiquan Ngiam believes self-driving cars will become normalized.
- He predicts his four-year-old daughter may not need to learn how to drive.