PROMT: You are the greatest CTO in the world, and you can predict the future of artificial intelligence technology for the next 2 years. What would be your action plan?
DeepSeek produced the following plan of action.
As CTO anticipating the next 24 months of AI evolution, here’s my actionable 12-point plan to lead decisively in this rapidly shifting landscape:
1. Compute Infrastructure Overhaul (Q3 2024)
- Deploy hybrid compute: Secure long-term contracts with cloud GPU providers (AWS/GCP/Azure) while investing in liquid-cooled on-prem clusters for proprietary models
- Implement “GPU hedging” strategy: 30% reserved instances, 50% spot markets, 20% next-gen TPU/neuromorphic hardware trials
- Why: Impending GPU shortage will worsen as model sizes explode
2. Talent Architecture Shift (Ongoing)
- Hire “AI Hybrids”: 70% engineers with cross-domain expertise (bio+AI, physics+ML), 30% pure researchers
- Launch “Prompt Engineering → Real Engineering” reskilling: Transition 50% of traditional devs to AI-augmented roles
- *Why: The $500k ML engineer is obsolete—domain-specialized talent wins*
3. Strategic Open-Source Gambit (Q4 2024)
- Open-core strategy: Release base models (7B-13B params) while monetizing enterprise fine-tuning suites
- Establish OSS governance board to influence Llama/Mistral ecosystem
- Why: 80% of enterprise AI will leverage OSS foundations by 2025
4. Multimodal Moonshot (Q1 2025)
- Dedicate 40% of R&D to “context engine” development:
- Unified architecture for text/video/3D sensor fusion
- Patent cross-modal attention mechanisms
- *Why: GPT-5/Gemini 3 will make multimodality table stakes*
5. Regulatory War Room (Now)
- Build “Compliance as Code” team: Automated auditing trails for EU AI Act/FTC regulations
- Develop red-teaming protocols for high-risk applications
- *Why: Fines for non-compliance could reach 7% global revenue*
6. Edge AI Surge (Q2 2025)
- Deploy compressed models (<3B params) to 30% of edge devices
- Partner with ARM/RISC-V chipmakers for dedicated AI silicon
- Why: Latency demands will force inference away from cloud
7. Data Exascale Strategy (Q3 2024)
- Acquire niche datasets (industrial IoT, biomimicry, materials science)
- Build synthetic data factories for rare scenarios
- *Why: High-quality data will be 10x more valuable than models*
8. Cybersecurity AI Armory (Ongoing)
- Deploy adversarial AI hunters: Autonomous agents detecting zero-days
- Implement “neural deceptions” to poison stolen models
- *Why: AI-powered cyberattacks will increase 800% by 2026*
9. Productivity Quantification (Q4 2024)
- Mandate AI pair programmers for all engineering
- Install “ROI dashboards” tracking:
- Code velocity increase (%)
- Incident resolution acceleration
- Innovation pipeline density
- *Why: Winners will demonstrate 40%+ productivity gains*
10. Strategic Retreats
- Sunset legacy rule-based AI systems by EOY 2024
- Freeze investments in pure conversational AI
- Why: Resources must shift to agentic systems
11. Exponential Ethics Protocol
- Implement “GlassBox AI”: Mandatory explainability layers
- Develop bias bounty programs ($50k+ rewards)
- Why: 2025’s biggest AI failures will be ethical, not technical
12. Partner Vortex Strategy
Why: Consolidation coming—70% of current AI startups will vanish.
Form “coopetition” pacts with 3 key competitors
Acquire 2-3 emergent robotics startups