Crazy Wisdom
Is AI the Silver Bullet? An In-depth Discussion with AskEdith's CEO, Jared Zhao
- AI & Agents
- ai agents
- natural language processing
- business analytics
- enterprise software
- startup
- llm applications
About this episode
Show Notes for the Crazy Wisdom Podcast
Guest: Jared Zhao, CEO of AskEdith (https://www.askedith.ai/)
Conversation
- Introduction to AskEdith:
- Explanation of the search-driven analytics tool that enables users to access data in plain language
- Targeted at non-technical users
- Background: Jared's previous work in creating a visual editor for a data warehouse and training non-technical users
- Evolution of AskEdith:
- The journey so far and how it's still in its early stages
- The influence of startup circles and the emergence of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT from OpenAI
- The potential for swapping out the underlying core technology
- The role of English to SQL translations
- Future of AskEdith and Industry Insights:
- Thoughts on the future of core IP and the impact of open source
- Understanding the inference structure and use of APIs
- Discussion on the current competitive advantage of OpenAI
- The litmus test for whether we are in a technological singularity and its definition
- Unique aspects of the data industry, including the inability to host data
- Technical Aspects of AskEdith:
- The balance between search functionality, security, and compliance
- The use of a terraform module for one-click deployment into private clouds
- Insights into database and networking configuration
- AI and Society:
- The implications of AI on philosophy and its potential as a "silver bullet"
- The difference between AI replacing tasks versus jobs
- The historical context of automation and the Roman Empire's approach to universal basic income
- The potential need for universal business income today
- Whether AI will lead to deflation and thoughts on the economics of AI
- AI in Practice:
- The role of AI in replacing resources like Stack Overflow
- Challenges faced by AI in writing innovative code and the current capabilities of GPT-4
- The potential for AI to predict the future and become an expert in a field
- The use of external data and consumer trends for benchmarking
- The Future of AskEdith:
- The vision of AskEdith as a mission control for enterprises
- The role of AskEdith as a search layer
Episode transcript
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Welcome to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast. My guest today is Jared Zhao. He is the CEO and founder of Ask Edith. And we did a call a couple months ago when I was inquiring into Ask Edith to see whether it would be helpful for our company. Definitely seems like an interesting product. So welcome to the show, Jared.
You want to give my listeners a little rundown on what askedith does and what's cool about it?
Sure, Ask Edith. We built a search driven analytics tool. What that means is our users, they come to the platform and any dashboard or report that they want to see, they can just ask using plain language. The problem that we're solving is that tools like Tableau or Power bi, these are very powerful tools but require expertise and a lot of training to use. Well, really the training is the critical piece. So with Azkita, our business users, kind of non technical users can achieve a lot of the same kind of output and analytics without any training and instantly just by asking, that's cool.
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