De-Magic: Understanding Deeply

Reasoning without understanding?

Is understanding a field of knowledge the only way to be productive and useful? This question unites the domains of artificial intelligence (AI) and…

May 17, 2023 • 

Aseem Asthana

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Personalized decision making powered by LLMs

Ability to reason is unexpected and hugely important skill to emerge out of large language models. Its effects on society and potential benefits are…

May 8, 2023 • 

Aseem Asthana

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April 2023

Why do customers value your open-source project? How to monetize open-source projects [Pt. III]

This is part three of a five-part guide on how to monetize open-source projects. This week we are working through a framework on how to interview…

Apr 24, 2023 • 

Aseem Asthana

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Economics of Open Source: How to monetize open-source projects [part 2]

This is part two of a five-part guide on how to monetize open-source projects. We'll focus on economics of open source, which sets us up to creative a…

Apr 14, 2023 • 

Aseem Asthana

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Monetizing Open Source [Pt 1]

This is a five-part guide on creating a sustainable business model for open-source projects. It will provide actionable frameworks and insights into how…

Apr 7, 2023 • 

Aseem Asthana

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February 2023

Should your surgeon be skilled or polite? The answer determines AI’s impact on jobs

The Jobs Impact Quotient is a metric to asses. the impact of AI and Robotics on jobs. It is open-source, testable and falsifiable. You can customize it.

Feb 22, 2023 • 

Aseem Asthana

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Why Nobody Is Happy With Your Roadmap

This essay was originally written in 2020 for product managers who usually fear that the neither the sales team, nor the engineering team really…

Feb 8, 2023 • 

Aseem Asthana

Are algorithms and AI models fundamentally different?

Understanding the differences between algorithms and AI models is critical for us to ask questions about technology that shapes and, increasingly…

Feb 6, 2023 • 

Aseem Asthana

September 2022