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Ladjevardian: AI will replace big management consulting firms like McKinsey
“Consulting a hundred percent like McKinsey all of those big consulting firms. I don't know how they are thinking about things internally, but. You know, doing research and creating a report and creating a PowerPoint deck is almost like the easiest thing you ca…”
Dara Ladjevardian Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 48:01 AI Expert: Automate or Be Automated
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Lonsdale recalls 2015 dinner where Musk and Zuckerberg debated AI risk
“So about nine years ago in California, I used to live in California here in Texas, which we love, but I had a dinner with, it was actually Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg and about five other friends about AI. And this is like well before OpenAI, you know, all o…”
Joe Lonsdale Oct 1, 2024 ▶ 1:05:40 Billionaire Entrepreneur: “America Will Collapse Without A Recession” | Joe Lonsdale
Insight
McCord: Local context and ground-level service will be the key AI advantage
“What's going to matter is the dispersed local context. It's going to mat what's going to matter is the intimate knowledge of how to serve people on the ground. And the tools are going to be able to do magical things, but applying them in context is going to be…”
Brendan McCord Jun 19, 2025 ▶ 1:25:56 AI Expert: What Scares Me Most (Here's What I Found): Brendan McCord
Disclosure
Ladjevardian: OpenAI's $200 Model Replicates a Branding and Pricing Specialist
“I don't know anything about pricing or branding, but I've become a branding and pricing specialist just by using opening eyes, latest a 200 dollar per month model, which sounds ridiculous, 200 dollars per month for a model, but it's like having. A consultant a…”
Dara Ladjevardian Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 13:31 AI Expert: Automate or Be Automated
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