Guest: Marily Nika - Product Lead at Meta. Marily is a seasoned expert in AI and product management, having taught the most popular course on AI and product management on Maven. She has extensive experience at Meta and Google, where she worked on cutting-edge projects like Google Glass and machine learning for speech recognition. Key Takeaways: Avoid the "shiny object trap" in AI; ensure there's a real problem to solve before implementing AI solutions. AI PMs should focus on identifying the right problems to solve rather than just building products. Use AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance your work, such as improving mission statements or creating user segments. Understand the fundamentals of AI and machine learning, even if you're not technical, to better collaborate with research scientists. For early-stage AI projects, focus on MVPs without AI to validate ideas before investing in complex AI solutions. Topics Covered: AI in product management, avoiding the shiny object trap, using AI tools like ChatGPT, AI product management lifecycle, training AI models, data requirements for AI, transitioning into AI PM roles, building and maintaining AI products, Marily's AI course.
“Don't do AI for the sake of doing AI. Make sure there is a problem there.”
“AI is enhancing our work. It does not steal from us.”
“Every PM will be AI PMs in the future.”
