Leaders of AI

E11: DeepSeek-R1: The $5M AI Model Disrupting Silicon Valley | Leaders Of AI

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🚀 Episode 11 Alert! David Shapiro hosts John Gibbs (CEO of Automattic, PhD, and host of Doctor Know It All) for an explosive discussion on DeepSeek-R1—the Chinese AI model rattling global markets and rewriting AI economics.

đź’Ą In this episode:

  • Why NVIDIA’s stock crashed 17% overnight
  • Can a $5M open-source model outperform billion-dollar projects?
  • Geopolitical chess: China’s AI surge vs. Western dominance
  • The "Mozart Paradox": How constraints breed AI innovation
  • Ethical minefields: Copyright, job displacement, and AGI’s looming shadow

    • 🔍 John breaks down why synthetic data and self-play reinforcement learning could democratize AI, why Hollywood isn’t safe from disruption, and how leaders can navigate the AI arms race.

     

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