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Product-Led AI: Adept CEO David Luan on Upleveling Human Work

May 15, 2024

David Luan, Adept CEO, discusses building multimodal agents for human collaboration. He shares insights on AI functions in software, the shift to AGI through product building, and Adept's human-centric approach. Topics include agent architecture, data collection intelligence, and future agent-based systems in computing.

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David Luan

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Productization in AI accelerates AGI development through product-led approaches.

Adept's collaborative AI enhances human capabilities by focusing on task efficiency and cognitive skill improvement.

Deep dives

Building a Human-Centric Approach to AI Development

David Luan, the CEO of Adept, highlights the journey from being an early AI builder at OpenAI to co-leading Google Brain. He emphasizes the shift towards productization in AI and the significance of having a product for teaching models to be smarter.

Evolution of AI in the Last 20 Years

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Reliability and Learning in AI Development

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Accuracy and Efficiency in Knowledge Work Models

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Introduction

2min

Journey Through AI Evolution and ADEPT Implementation

12min

Debate on the Future of AI Models and Value Creation

3min

Enhancing Data Collection and Model Intelligence

9min

Exploring the Future of Agent-Based Systems in Computing

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Exploring Infrastructure for Agents in a Technology-Driven World

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Guest episode of Product-Led AI, a new podcast series hosted by Greylock partner Seth Rosenberg featuring conversations with leading AI builders.

Adept CEO and co-founder David Luan has been riding the LLM wave since the early days of the modern AI boom: an early OpenAI employee, he led the company’s engineering team before serving as the tech lead for Google Brain’s work on LLMs. He co-founded Adept in 2022 to develop multimodal agents built to work alongside humans in any profession. Believing computers should work more like humans and not the other way around, Adept has stood out for its human-centric approach to AGI.

In this episode, David talks about the moment he realized building a new product (and a startup) was a faster track to AGI; breaks down the frameworks for Adept; and shares his view of a future where AI functions almost invisibly below all software we use.

Check out the whole series at productledaipod.com

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Product-Led AI: Adept CEO David Luan on Upleveling Human Work

Episode guests

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Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Building a Human-Centric Approach to AI Development

Redefining AI Impact on Job Replacement Narratives

Introducing ADEPT: An AI Agent for Streamlining Work on Computers

Future of AI Models and Enterprise Integrations for ADEPT

Evolution of AI in the Last 20 Years

Reliability and Learning in AI Development

Accuracy and Efficiency in Knowledge Work Models

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts