Nika: Never train AI models for an MVP; fake functionality with prototypes
Marily Nika · AI and product management | Marily Nika (Meta, Google) · Feb 5, 2023 · at 14:43
Marily Nika, AI Product Lead at Meta and former Google PM, advises product managers on when to avoid investing engineering resources into machine learning models.
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“Don't do it for your MVP. It makes zero sense. Do not waste time of data scientists that can train models with using powerful machines that are going to take weeks to train. This is because if you have an MVP and you just want to get buy-in for an idea or a feature that may use AI in the future, fake it. Create a little Figma prototype and just show it to some users and just fake what the AI is going to be doing.”
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