Pete Huang

There's a huge new AI paper that signals what AI will REALLY do to white-collar work.

Hint: ChatGPT is going to seem like child's play by the end of the year.

It's called “Toolformer: Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Use Tools“. And it does exactly what it sounds like.

What it does: since ChatGPT is bad at math, the Toolformer version would know that if it wants a percentage, it needs to type in “400/1400“ in a calculator application, then spit out the answer: 29%.

To say it again: the model knows (1) that it has to use a tool, (2) which tool to use, and (3) HOW to use that tool. This is HUGE.

Businesses have to be very excited to see this track of research play out. There is a mind-blowing amount of white-collar work that is simply typing various things into different systems:

- Updating project trackers
- Data entry into CRMs
- Compiling reports

So imagine the “business“ version of Toolformer. Imagine typing in “Close the deal with Adventist Health and send a summary to the company Slack“.

And it will find the deal in Salesforce, mark it Closed Won, write a summary, then post it to Slack in the right channel.

When we talk about AI's automation potential, this is what we actually mean.

There's going to be a LOT of money made by whoever can pull this off.

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If you were laid off this year and want to join a startup next, here's an overlooked job hunt tactic that always lands interviews 👇

➡ Make a list of the top 3-5 companies that you want to join.

Maybe you believe in their mission. Maybe you like their products. Maybe you think their founder is awesome. Whatever it is, create a shortlist of the top 3-5 companies you'd be very sad if you couldn't work for them.

Take your time with this! There are a lot of options out there. Dig around to find the ones that really resonate with you.

➡ Brainstorm an interesting project you could do for them.

Your goal is to come up with something that takes 8-10 hours of work that shows that you can independently find impactful ideas to work on and drive them to completion at a high quality. Here are some ideas:

- Write a new sales demo track
- Redesign their brand
- Write up an employer branding strategy
- Research an emerging customer segment
- QA their product
- Design a new product or feature

Whatever you do, do something good. Invest the time. You're only going to do this for a handful of companies.

➡ Go into detail and show your work.

It's much easier to digest your work if you add a piece of writing or record a video walkthrough to go with it. This is also a great way for you to demonstrate your communication skills.

Here's a brief outline that you could use as a starting point:

- Goal: What was your overarching intention? E.g., “Craft a message [company] can use to sell [product] to [persona]“
- Assumptions: Obviously you don't know everything the company does. What assumptions did you make in order to allow you to complete the project? What would you change if the assumption was false?
- Process: What steps did you follow and why?
- Outcome: What was the end outcome that you produced?
- Further areas: You had to stop somewhere. Where was that point and what would you do if you were given another 10 hours?

➡ Email it to the founder.

Yes, to the founder. Most CEOs will have a predictable email. If not, Google it and try to guess.

In the email, include a short note that briefly overviews who you are, what you've done and what you're interested in. Make it so that anyone who receives that email from a forward knows everything in a single shot. Include your resume and the project.

If you're scared to email the CEO, think about it this way: the CEOs you want to work with will always be hungry for the best talent. If your stuff is good, they will notice. And they may not respond directly, but they will forward it to the right person. In short, if anyone blows up on you, it might feel bad, but you really didn't want to work for them anyways.

I have a limited dataset, obviously, but every single person I know who did this always got the interview and the offer (when they wanted it - sometimes they figure out the role isn't actually a fit). Still, I'm surprised so few people do this!

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BREAKING: OpenAI will soon release a search engine for ChatGPT.

Expected launch date is May 9th, right before Google’s big conference.

After teasing this project over the last months, OpenAI has created search (dot) chatgpt (dot) com.

This is expected to be something like Perplexity, You or Phind.

More coming!

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