Eric Siu recalls his programmer father watching email adoption lag in the 1990s. The lesson: you can't wait years to learn AI. Competitors who compound small advantages will be 10x ahead before you catch up.
I remember I was talking to my dad about this because he was a programmer in the '90s and I was using the internet when I was like 8 years old or so. And it occurred to me that I was like, this AI thing is no different than kind of the internet transformation when that was coming out. I was like, Dad, how come you didn't use the internet really? Like, how long did it take your companies to adopt email? He's like, oh, a long time. I'm like, how long is a long time? A very long time. 5 years, right? Which is crazy to me because now that you have the power of infinite intelligence in your hands, you can't afford to wait 5 years if you're operating a business or you're inside of a business, right? Because if like, Let's say this gentleman up here is compounding at 10x and he does it for 12 months, he's already way too far ahead, right? Versus if I don't adopt it at all.
