Something I’m thinking about today is how much I think about AI now. Part of my draw to this new gig at Formation Bio was the opportunity to work in (or at least adjacent to) AI efforts, and it is absolutely playing out thus far. When we say AI is a fundamental tenet of our culture and whatnot, it’s easy to be a bit jaded or cynical that AI is just the current sexy buzzword, and there is some truth there, and it’s important to keep some kernel of that in order to stay grounded. BUT there is definitely at least SOME “there” there with regards to the impact AI is having and will continue to have, and being able to steep in it a bit is awesome.
I’m by no means an AI expert, and I’m not truly baking AI into everything I work on, but I do think about AI and pay attention much more than I would at, say, the median job out there for someone with my skills. And I think this is going to continue to compound over time and I learn more and get more comfortable. There is definitely the opportunity to use AI pragmatically to massive benefit in the realm of DevEx etc — the important part is “pragmatically”.