From the Battlefield to AI Breakthroughs: An engineer's vision for the future of technology In this episode, we dive into the extraordinary journey of a Royal Airforce Engineer who has been at the cutting edge of technology for decades. From helping create the very foundation of the internet we rely on today, to using AI to build a business in just one week, this remarkable inventor has consistently pushed the boundaries of what's possible. He shares how AI can revolutionize productivity, including the mind-blowing feat of speeding up development by 8640 times! Join us as we explore his daring challenges to industries like insurance, his reflections on AI as a weapon, and even the surprising concept of an AI bird bath. This episode is a fascinating look into the mind of a visionary who’s still shaping the future with every move he makes. (00:00) Intro (01:19) Communications in the battlefield (02:06) The reality of war - Gulf War (04:46) The digital battle space and AI as a weapon (09:18) The emergence of the AI era (10:00) The power requirements for Artificial Intelligence (14:07) Finding joy in work (17:02) How do you sell something that has never been sold before? (18:20) Lloyds of London and the insurance industry (21:45) How to be a successful founder in blockchain (23:13) Does public cloud remove competitive advantage (24:55) Where did it go wrong with blockchain? (26:03) Do entrepreneurs have a legacy? (33:45) Is AI a SKYNET trying to take over? (35:18) Geoffrey Hinton and the Nobel peace prize (35:55) Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson (36:50) Amazing progress by Sam Altman and OpenAI ChatGPT (43:20) Make development 8640 times more efficient (44:20) LangChain (45:35) ChatGPT4 o1-preview (46:46) Retaining control over intellectual property (50:29) The AI bird bath (52:40) Raspberry Pi and Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) (53:55) What is a tensor? (55:30) The new Sony PlayStation 5 Pro with Spectral Super Resolution (59:27) Mark Zuckerberg and the Meta AI spectacles (01:00:00) Freedom v technology (01:02:34) The reskilling of the workforce (01:05:07) Utopia or dystopia and AGI