Agents, AI Jobs, & ETH

1/ A really smart Alexa?

Alrighty- brace yourselves because Amazon is about to shake things up in the AI assistant world.

They're giving Alexa a complete overhaul, infusing it with the latest and greatest in generative AI tech. But here's the kicker - to offset the cost of this fancy upgrade, they're slapping a monthly subscription fee on it.

It was going to happen at some point.

2/ Learning AI Skills 

As of April 2024, it was reported that AI developers earned nearly $100k more in their salary compared to engineers that did not know these skills.

Some great ways to learn these skills are on https://www.deeplearning.ai/ with Stanford professor Andrew Ng.

Might as well learn it before it takes over the world!

3/ Taking all the jobs?

In a recent interview, Elon stated that “in a benign scenario, probably none of us will have a job”.

Basically, forget about AI copilots- on a long enough time horizon, AI is coming for all jobs.

The funny thing is- it was predicted that the blue collar jobs would go first, but AI is actually coming for the white collar ones currently. Recently overheard from a board room: “Why hire a customer support rep when an AI can do that for you?”

Elon further stated “you can have a job if you want to have a job- sort of personal satisfaction- but the AI will be able to do everything”.

4/ AI Agents from Meta

Not to be outdone, Meta is unleashing their own premium AI assistants tailored for specific tasks. Need an engineering buddy to help wrangle that pesky codebase? They've got an agent for that. Struggling with ad campaigns and spend optimization? There's an AI monetization maven ready to lend a hand.

These specialized AI sidekicks could be a game-changer for productivity and efficiency. But let's be real, they're probably also meta's gambit to get a slice of those coveted AI subscription fees everyone seems to be charging these days.

5/ Ethereum ETF Approved

Not completely AI related, but this is monumental for the world of crypto technology. The SEC has just approved eight spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

This is critical because after the regulatory battles of the last few years, crypto entrepreneurs have basically been walking on egg-shells. Now, people who are building decentralized applications on Ethereum have a better chance at succeeding.

Fast, but fun times in the world of technology.