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Fitzpatrick: Enterprise AI requiring workflow adaptation demands forward-deployed engineers
“If you're building something where the hardest part is getting adoption and workflow embedding, and you need to actually change the way a company works, then yes, forward deployed engineers are the only way to do it.”
Fitzpatrick: Enterprise AI adoption requires 99% precision, not benchmark generalizability
“I think an enterprise uptake depends on trust and precision on specific tasks at 99% accuracy, not generalizability.”
Fitzpatrick: Business strategy is an overrated concept in AI
“In the AI world, at least, strategy is a somewhat overrated concept, and what I mean by that is...”
Fitzpatrick: Leaders do not need technical background to evaluate AI tools
“One misconception is that that, that leader has to be highly technical to make that decision, and I would actually argue they don't at all.”
Fitzpatrick: Gen AI projects should be led by business, not tech function
“Figure out the list of three to four things that move the needle for your business. Focus on those three to four. Don't spend money on a thousand science projects. Take your best four operational leaders and put them on those four things. Don't locate it in th…”
Fitzpatrick: RLHF is the only way to accurately fine-tune context-specific AI
“And so the only way to actually do the fine-tuning process consistently And to get it accurate for any specific context is RLHF.”
Fitzpatrick: Top hires should not be recruited for specific roles
“When you recruit a great person, I don't think about role most of the time. Meaning I think people are very role focused of like, I will hire this person and they will only do oil and gas as an example, right? But the reality is like really good people will ru…”