An 'App Store moment' for AI: ChatGPT tops list of key technologies for 2023
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🗓️ 17 December 2022
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Startup entrepreneur and investor Ben Gilbert, co-founder and managing director of Pioneer Square Labs and PSL Ventures, is always watching for the next big tech wave. He concedes that there have been plenty of false starts in the industry in the past: augmented and virtual reality, "personal audio computing," and more.
But Gilbert, who also co-hosts the popular podcast "Acquired," didn't hesitate for a moment when asked what he believes will be the most important technology of 2023.
"ChatGPT based on GPT 4," he said, referencing a future version of OpenAI's conversational AI chatbot running on the next version of its large language model.
Gilbert and his Acquired co-host David Rosenthal were two of the business and tech leaders who spoke with us about the challenges of the past year and their outlook for the future at the GeekWire Gala on Dec. 4. The potential for generative and prescriptive AI to transform industries was a key theme running through many of the conversations.
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| 0:00.0 | In your view, what's the most important technology coming up in the new year in 2023? |
| 0:05.9 | Chat GPT based on GPT4. We're having an app store moment. |
| 0:11.2 | Technology that is empowering the front edge. Frontline workers, industrial IoT, real world assets, etc. |
| 0:18.1 | VR is still pretty hot. If you just look at smartphone penetration and reliable and affordable data access, like that |
| 0:24.1 | is something that we take for granted in the U.S. but is rapidly, rapidly changing and |
| 0:29.3 | becoming more accessible. |
| 0:30.3 | And I think with that, it becomes a much more connected world. |
| 0:32.8 | I would say technology to help bridge the gap between brick and mortar shopping and e-commerce. |
| 0:38.3 | Specifically AI and ML. |
| 0:40.3 | The ability for non-coder's to use the power of technology to solve less structured problems than they were able to solve before. |
| 0:50.3 | Well, somebody could do something about the lines at CTAC. |
| 1:01.9 | Hi, everybody, it's Todd Bishop from Geekwire. |
| 1:12.4 | We are here at the Geekwire Gala, and I'm talking with folks as they come in to the event for the VIP reception and the main event here at the Geekwire Gala about their biggest challenges of the past year, the most important tech of 2023, and their biggest hope |
| 1:17.3 | for the new year. Let's hear what they have to say. Well, I am here with Ben Gilbert and David |
| 1:23.7 | Rosenthal, the co-hosts of the podcast Acquired, who have agreed to be my guinea pigs here at the Geekwire Gala. It's great to see both of you. Great to see you, too. Happy to kick the tires here. It's wonderful to be here. Glad to be back in Seattle. All right, so I'm going to test out these questions on the two of you. We're trying to take the pulse of the Seattle and West Coast tech community here. |
| 1:46.0 | And feel free to take your time to think. |
| 1:47.4 | I know Ben does this especially. |
| 1:49.4 | When you ask Ben a question, I actually admire the fact that Ben, unlike many other people in this world, stops and thinks. |
| 1:57.8 | It's a trick we learn from one of our guests on Acquired, actually, who would stop for like 10 minutes and write down notes and like outline his answers. |
| 2:05.2 | And we're like, that is genius. |
| 2:06.8 | Nice. |
| 2:07.1 | Okay, well, maybe not 10 minutes. |
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