Tools I’d like to see developed to improve efficiency

JC Newsletter #221

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What tools would I like to see developed to improve efficiency?

As AI technology advances, the revolution will continue. Thus, I have outlined several agent ideas that could significantly enhance productivity for less value-added tasks, allowing more time to focus on the most challenging problems.

I would appreciate a tool that provides a perfect, detailed transcript in English of all my conversations 1 minute after they end, automatically listing actionable items. 

• If I approve these actions, agents would retrieve necessary information, draft emails, and follow up with others as needed.

I envision an agent within my email inbox that comprehensively understands my context, suggesting complete draft emails for responses with three scenarios: if I am interested in a meeting, if I am not, or something neutral. 

• This would allow me to sort my emails by simply choosing from pre-drafted responses based on an analysis of all my previous emails and known preferences.

• It would also be connected to my calendar, so if a meeting is recommended, it could automatically suggest available dates.

A tool that scrolls through Slack for me, manages all my notifications and pings, and summarizes all discussions from my followed channels into a single document every evening would be invaluable. 

• It would allow me to focus on complex problems by suggesting potential responses, much like it does for my emails.

For social media management, a tool that proposes responses matching my tone for every post where my name or 'Alan', is tagged or that responds to my tweets or messages. 

• This tool would integrate into a platform where I could approve with a single click before pushing the response through the tool.

A tool that prepares me 100% for my meetings by analyzing profiles from my calendar scheduled the following week, retrieving individual profiles, company profiles, summaries of past exchanges (in our tools), and publications, and suggesting discussion topics and anecdotes. Limitless is starting to do this.

Imagine a personal concierge or coach linked to my calendar, scheduling my medical appointments, assisting in establishing a workout routine, and sleep routine, all by taking control of my calendar settings.

What are your ideas?

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Some good articles I have read this week

Building companies & culture

👉 Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics | Lex Fridman Podcast #412 (Lex Fridman Podcast)

• I love the notion of “Technical fearlessness” and it should apply to every problem 

• You have to find people who love what they do!

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👉Sarah Guo on X (X)

• Common mistake by younger folks is to raise volume vs raise quality

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👉 Shreyas Doshi on X: human motivation (X)

• Spend more time understanding individual behaviours, understood via non-academic psychology & self-awareness. 

• What motivates an individual to do something? How do they want to shine? 

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👉 The Year to Be Great (Andreessen Horowitz)

• On why growth is super important:

  • If you’re growing 30% over the next 5 years instead of 20%, you’re going to be 1.5x bigger on a forward gross profit basis, and you’ll be trading at 15x forward gross profit vs 10x. That’s a 2.2x difference in valuation today.

• That’s why some of Greatest companies trade so much higher than the median. 

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Healthcare

👉 #287 ‒ Lower back pain: causes, treatment, and prevention of lower back injuries and pain | Stuart McGill, Ph.D. (PETER ATTIA MD)

• The level of depth they get into is very interesting and should be an inspiration.

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👉 Ultrahuman, an AI-powered smart wearable ecosystem, raised $35 million in Series B funding. Current products include a smart ring, continuous glucose monitor, and preventive blood testing device. Link

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👉 Some companies to look at:

• Milu Health nabs $4.8M to use AI to help employees save on medical costs

• 👉 Assort Health, which develops conversational AI for healthcare-focused call centers, raised $3.5 million in seed funding. 

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👉 Systèmes d’IA générative en santé : enjeux et perspectives (Académie Nationale de Médecine)

• Very interesting to see doctors pushing for the use of AI and even saying it is the ethical thing to do!

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👉 Video: Why are we increasingly allergic to pollens? Understand in three minutes (Le Monde)

• Approximately 30% of adults and 20% of children in France suffer from pollen allergies.

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👉 Axa presents mixed results for 2023, with France penalized in healthcare (L'Argus)

• A 3% decrease in health/life

• Axa France's revenue decreased by 5% to €27.243 billion, due to the non-renewal of two significant international collective health contracts in 2023 worth €2.2 billion. 

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👉 Telemedicine is taking root, and with it, regulation of the sector (Le Monde)

• New rules on telemedicine and prescribed sick leave? 

• Livi has 500 part-time doctors

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👉 Do we really all need to take vitamin D? (Le Monde)

• Vitamin D, one of the most sold drugs in France.

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👉 Why fruit juices are little glycemic bombs (Le Figaro)

• Avoid fruit/vegetable juices 

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AI

👉 Justin Strong on X: automated unit test improvement using LLMs (X)

• Automated software engineer from Meta for unit tests

• 73% approval rate from humans 

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👉 Microsoft’s AutoDev (X)

• “a fully automated AI-driven software development framework, designed for autonomous planning and execution of intricate software engineering tasks.”

• “These AI agents can perform diverse operations on a codebase, including file editing, retrieval, build processes, execution, testing, and git operations.”

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👉 Derek Cheung on X: using Claude to analyse stocks (X)

• They are still making a lot of mistakes, so how to double check

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👉 Aidan Cramer on X:  AI clone taking a job interview (X)

• Must watch and to re-build for our sales & customer service 🙂

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