I’m not a fan of the new image generation on ChatGPT. Not because it’s more detailed or more refined – the quality has gone up … but the fun images that I was able to generate for my posts quickly don’t seem to exist anymore. The new images take several times longer to generate, but I’ll admit they are much higher quality.
I also tried out the new video creation on GenSpark from a prompt from one of my previous posts. Whilst its a low quality video, you can clearly see a future where we can use AI to construct our environments visually in ways that have never been possible before. This is the video I generated below.
So fifty days have passed since I made a commitment to building ‘something’ with AI. I have roughly six months until a self-imposed deadline at which point I will properly reassess my situation. I am totally aware that the industry is incredibly competitive, and I’ve realised that more than ever, the real route to success is marketing.
But for marketing to be effective, and not to be run over by OpenAI … you need a specific niche, sector, problem or new value proposition because you can then use highly targeted marketing and lead generation for your product. If you have a general purpose product, you will get lost in the noise. So specific problems taken care of, mean you can target your marketing and sales. You can also tailor your product.
I didn’t initially have a specific idea … but having worked with SMEs for my entire career, I do know what business owners are looking for. There are already infinite tools out there but I wanted to build something in my own way and own style. It sounds cheesy, but web software has always been my ‘passion’ so this was more about one final attempt to take everything I’ve learnt so far and put it into one system.
I have begun a custom objects platform that I’ve wanted to build for a while – which I think can form the digital infrastructure for several niches, and ultimately the long term goal is to build my own flavour of AI assistant. Whilst this may seem wrapped up already, my experience tells me to build something that’s going to be useful for myself and people around me, and evolve it as I learn about the requirements that crop up as a result of pushing the AI agency. As the industry quickly evolves, it’s mostly going to be about persistence and spotting opportunities.
Aside from my own product, I’ve been exploring a partnership with an AI platform focused on the online gambling sector, starting the foundations of an AI agency to see what that entails and now more recently I’ve taken on board an online booking system transformation. This is all on top of jumping into the AI R&D scene, learning about the various techs.
So I’ve been quite busy, and it’s an enjoyable life really. I much prefer it to being a developer with no real impact or choice about what they get to work on. I’m aware I need to make money with my product at some point, but for the moment I’ve got a few steps left on the platform that I want to get done to get it to a point where I can apply it to different use cases.
The main thing I have learnt about in the first 50 days is how powerful LinkedIn can be if you were to work at it. I haven’t had too many likes on my posts, which I never really expected anyway since I started off with less than 100 contacts and the content was more for personal motivation than anyone else … but I have had some key things come up from it … people from my past have messaged me, and I’ve been able to reconnect to them and talk about what i’m doing. And when I want to a local conference, I was surprised by how many people were aware that I was at least doing ‘something AI’ related.
The point is, the last 50 days has made me realise that if you work LinkedIn properly you can always find work wherever you are in the world, regardless of industry.
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