Aaron White (Vendr, ProfitWell) Riffs on the Future of AI 🤖

Our first guest for Season 2 is none other than Aaron White. Aaron, the recent CTO of Vendr, Co-Founder of ProfitWell, and Founder of Blissfully, is now in stealth mode with a new AI venture called AppyPeople. Besides his impressive credentials, Aaron has long been a passionate advocate and expert in all things AI. Having him as our inaugural guest this season was a perfect fit! But before we dive in, we're trying something a bit different this season. Every episode will be divided into two parts - a Riff and a Deep Dive. In this week’s Riff, we delve into Aaron’s spicy, slightly gloomy, yet probably on point glimpse of the future. Aaron’s been coining some seriously sharp terms to help us talk about what the future of AI could look like. As we discussed in our AI-themed Season Preview a few weeks ago, we feel that the future is so unknown that all decision making should be based on a 2-3 year horizon. That said, the perspective shared by Aaron brings an intriguing twist to the discussion. Aaron argues that the S-Curve is undergoing a tightening phase, resulting from an unprecedentedly rapid pace of development. Thus, he feels ignoring the longer horizon is not only unproductive, but perhaps harmful to decision making. Aaron highlights that having foresight is crucial for making decisions in the upcoming years and he also points out that some of these futuristic concepts are already beginning to materialize today. For a full summary of the insights here, head to UnsolicitedFeedback.co.