Rajeev gives four takeaways on AI: be curious and experiment with tools, stop calling it artificial and focus on augmentation, companies fail by holding onto old strategies too long, and organizations that don't adopt AI in the next 12-18 months risk being replaced. You don't need expertise to start, just small practical uses.
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So yeah, so the 4 key takeaways, Nick, are going to be be curious, not judgmental. So for you Ted Lasso fans, that's the main quote. You want to fuck around and find out. This is the best time to fuck around and find out with these tools. Number one. Number 2 is don't worry about the word artificial. Focus on the word augment, enhancing intelligence, augmenting intelligence. The way the calculator augmented and enhanced our math skills, think of the way— think of these tools now enhancing our overall skills across all aspects of our life. Third thing to remember is if you're the CEO and owner of a company, most companies fail not because they do the wrong thing. They fail because they did the right thing for too long. And so in that that leads me to my 4th point, which is kind of to your piece, which is companies that— and people that don't use AI in the future, let's say the next 12 to 18 months, you will be replaced by people who do. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. I, I can't guarantee that AI is not going to take over the world, but I can guarantee that if you don't figure out— you guys at BookThinkers or any other company listening, or anybody listening— if you don't figure out how to start using AI in your business— by the way, you don't have to be experts overnight. I just want to do small things. Maybe it's writing your Instagram, maybe it's writing a