The models were there but they hallucinated constantly. You needed to be deeply technical to get anything useful out of a raw LLM API. Most of us — myself included — weren’t equipped. I remember being at SaaStr Annual 2023, talking with David Sacks, asking how he was thinking about AI at Craft. He said they wanted 80% of investments to be AI. I asked to see the great ones already in market. His answer: they’re all proof of concepts. We’re all in anyway. That was the right call if you were investing at the LLM layer. I wasn’t smart enough to play there, let alone deploy AI B2B agents then.
To Thrive Today, You Have to Become An Agentic Deployment Expert. But So, So Few Actually Are.
The article argues we are in the "third era of AI" where generalists, not engineers, are critical for success, emphasizing the need for "agentic deployment experts." This role involves identifying, deploying, training, and measuring the ROI of commercial AI agents and tools within an organization, akin to implementing any enterprise software. Companies and individuals who proactively embrace and implement AI tools will thrive, while those who wait or lack urgency will face rapid decline.

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