Creating and sharing demos is the easiest way to influence the future. It gets people to think about what's possible. A good tech demo doesn't have to be fully fleshed out. It doesn't even have to be fully functional. The purpose of a demo is to inspire. A good demo makes you feel like someone jumped into the future and pulled back an idea to the present.

About Sharif Shameem
I'm the founder of Lexica – we're building creative tools backed by state-of-the-art generative models (P.S. we're hiring). I previously worked on a low-code tool powered by language models called Debuild.

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Sharif Shameem from Lexica argues that demos are crucial for exploring AI model capabilities and that curiosity drives innovation. He shares examples of early GPT-3 demos from 2020-2021, including code generation tools and web browsing experiments, demonstrating how following curiosity led to discovering unexpected model capabilities. The talk emphasizes that AI engineering is more like excavation than traditional engineering, requiring exploration and experimentation to uncover hidden potential in models. Shameem advocates for a moral obligation to build and share demos, honoring computing pioneers by fully utilizing today's powerful AI tools.

Good Demos Are Important — Sharif Shameem, Lexica