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(Bonus) Chris Smith: Simple guidelines for AI investment sizing
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(Bonus) Chris Smith: Simple guidelines for AI investment sizing

A mental model for approaching exploratory AI budgeting

Chris Smith is a longtime engineering leader who has been in the trenches of building with AI & machine learning for years. This is a short, bonus episode to go along with our main conversation.

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Topics discussed

(00:00) AI tooling allows for cost-effective testing.

(06:02) Scoring and statistical measures to track progress.

(09:22) Costs if model needs rebuilding or hyperparameter tuning

(11:31) Order of magnitude investment estimates

(15:10) Decide upfront when to cut bait.

(17:12) Investment essentials for meaningful results and outcomes.

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