Show Notes
In today’s episode, Tyler sits with Ben Van Roo, the CEO and co-founder of Yurts Technologies Inc., an AI software development company based in the Bay Area. Ben and Tyler talk about the current AI landscape, how it may—or may not—be regulated, and ponder what the world may look like in 20 years. They also dive into general business strategy and what they believe this next gen of defense tech needs to know in order to sustain long-term success.
What’s Happening on the Second Front:
- The parallels between working with the DoD and commercially regulated industries
- Why we need to teach the fundamentals of corporate growth strategy and execution
- The four areas of AI regulation
- A brave new world: How the tech world might look in 20 years
Connect with Ben: LinkedIn
Connect with Tyler: LinkedIn | Website
This show is produced by Soulfire Productions
Top Relevant Quotes:
“We do a disservice to founders, and to the next generation of defense tech, by not driving home the fundamentals of corporate growth strategy and execution. We’re not holding folks to fundamentals and we’re not forcing good corporate behavior.”
Tyler - 8:18
“We can build synthetic sounds that sound like Miles Davis and Charlie Parker playing their instruments, so I have a hard time believing that we’re going to have tons of AI regulations about what people have written that’s in the public domain.”
Ben - 12:55
“There’s a real possibility of bots figuring out reasoning and taking action on their own. That’s emerging and it’s honestly a little scary. I don’t know if anyone has a path forward on how to regulate this. My kids’ experience, in twenty years, is going to be wildly different than what we know today.”
Ben - 14:38
