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AI's bigger opportunity is augmenting people, not replacing them

Kukoff's AI thesis (via portfolio co Guru): there's money in AI that replaces jobs, but a larger opportunity in augmenting workers. AI can learn what your best salesperson does differently from your 30th-best and teach the rest to act like the top one.

“We think there's a bigger opportunity, much larger in not replacing people, but augmenting them to do their job better. Better. So for example, think for a minute, if you have a tool that could write sales emails for you, right? Maybe it does a pretty good job, maybe it's not perfect, but AI is— there's a long way to go before we get to true AI.”

Steal thisBuild AI that captures what your top performer does and trains the middle of the team to copy it.

EP 52 · 38:58 · ZAK KUKOFF
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At 12, Jack underbid Indian freelancers to learn on the job

At 12, Jack ditched his allowance to avoid chores and bid on Upwork/Guru projects below even Indian freelancers' rates — taking jobs he didn't know how to do and learning them on the client's dime.

“Basically, I just went on those sites and so as a worker, I bid on projects and I bid on them even lower than like the guys in India and stuff because I'm like 12 years old, so any money is a lot for me. Basically, I bid on projects that I didn't even know how to do them and then basically I just learned how to do them. Basically, people were paying me to learn.”

Steal thisBid on freelance work slightly above your skill level and learn the skill while getting paid to deliver it.

EP 6 · 5:23 · JACK SMITH
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