What Tara Seshan thinks about product management
Product lead for ChatGPT Work at OpenAI; previously one of the first five product managers at Stripe, head of product at Watershed, and a Thiel Fellow.
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Their wordsAnd what that means is the thinking you need to do is being as pointed as possible about what your core hypothesis is. And that hypothesis definition is the most important thing.
↗AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (OpenAI’s product lead)youtube.com 2nd of 17 in this recording
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Their wordsBut the core of it has always been about what is like the most essential question you need to ask about your product. Like what is the thing that will determine whether your product works or doesn't work?
↗AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (OpenAI’s product lead)youtube.com 3rd of 17 in this recording
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Their wordsUm, part of your job now is to elevate everyone's ambitions and say, "Actually, isn't the possibility ceiling meaningfully higher?"
↗AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (OpenAI’s product lead)youtube.com 9th of 17 in this recording
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