S02E01 – AI 101: Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Large Language Models & Business Impact
In this episode, hosts Adam Jaques and Luke Silcock break down everything founders, investors, and tech leaders need to know about AI, artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs), ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Anthropic, and the future of technology.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What is AI (artificial intelligence) and how does it actually work?
- Who are the biggest players: OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic, DeepSeek?
- What’s the difference between generative AI, agentic AI, and large language models (LLMs)?
- Why GPUs, not CPUs, are powering today’s AI revolution
- How AI is already transforming industries: tax, finance, creative tools, and more
- What businesses should watch for next: AI trends, risks, and competitive opportunities
Whether you’re a startup founder, a venture investor, or just curious about how AI will reshape the world, this episode is packed with insights, real-world examples, and sharp analysis — with no hype or jargon.
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USEFUL LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
The AI kitchen for do-it-yourself:
- Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (aka AI2) and their Open Language Model – this is the version we are running:
https://huggingface.co/allenai/OLMo-2-1124-13B-Instruct-GGUF- This was trained on the Dolma data set:
https://huggingface.co/datasets/allenai/dolma - And all the other recipes for AI engineers to follow are being provided by AI2
- This was trained on the Dolma data set:
- We use Ollama:
https://github.com/ollama/ollama - And the application framework DIFY:
https://github.com/langgenius/dify - Running with Docker containers on an Ubuntu Linux VM, powered by an NVIDIA GPU. The very affordable and energy-efficient GPU we are using: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Other models were mentioned:
- DeepSeek with chain of thought:
https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 - Aloe trained on health-related information:
https://huggingface.co/HPAI-BSC/Llama3.1-Aloe-Beta-8B
The papers about some of the topics we referenced:
- Beware of the Botshit:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4678265 - Protein research with Alphafold:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34265844/
A few useful links:
- Marketplace of cloud GPUs:
https://www.shadeform.ai/ - Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) AI security and privacy guide:
https://owasp.org/www-project-ai-security-and-privacy-guide/ - Prompt to try if you are annoyed by ChatGPT being sycophantic:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1k9bxdk/the_prompt_that_makes_chatgpt_go_cold/
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