Usually what companies bring in AI, we're going to just to automate a bunch of stuff without really looking at what should we automate, what should we add AI.

When does a human need to be in the loop?

You know, and do we really need to redesign and re-architect how we think about operations?

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Anthony, I am so excited to jump into this conversation with you. You're a serial entrepreneur. You're an AI strategist who has a really cool open source project that we'll be talking

about. You're also the co-author of AI First Principles and the Wiser Method. You've exited

six companies. Yeah. Okay, let me just bow down to you. No, no, no,

that sounds cooler than it actually is. And you also have a podcast called How to Founder. So lots,

lots for us to pack into our time together today. We will definitely continue this on future

episodes and on my other podcasts. But thank you so much for being here today. We will definitely continue this on future episodes and on my other podcasts. But thank you so much for

being here today. Thanks for having me. Thank you. Yeah. So let's just, let's start at the beginning,

you know, and take a little bit of your journey with you and then let's get into the meat because

there's so much stuff to talk about with you. Yeah, so I barely graduated high school.

I was the computer nerd that was in the computer lab all the time and let the rest of my grades like drop off.

And I always felt guilty about it.

So I spent $400 and got one of the fake MBAs.

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