March 25, 2025

GenAI, a good complement to advisors.

Experts predict that Generative AI will eventually transform into Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). In light of recent challenges, the author began using ChatGPT for brainstorming, finding it provided concise, well-researched insights that often surpassed those of seasoned…

Pundits, experts, gurus, serial founders of incredibly successful AI-native companies, and even top researchers from Google, and the like, say that Generative AI will eventually evolve into an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) entity. This drive is so intense, the belief so real, the torrent of money flowing so fast, that I thought worth adding it to my repertoire of tools.

Thanks to life’s everydayness and what happens to humans on a regular basis, the business turmoil brought by a series of circumstances beyond a client’s control propelled me to use ChatCPT as a sounding board. Given that ChatGPT is available 24/7, I started to complement my research on the client’s issue to devise ways to address it (not disclosing any specifics, of course).

I saw how powerful the tool is. In fact, it got so good that I even started to feel it was giving more concise, crisp, and better researched guidance than many experts I have talked to in my client’s field (who have decades of industry and academic experience). Am I beginning to witness the on-ramp towards AGI?

The good thing about using ChatGPT for brainstorming ideas on client challenges is that is, by firing up its Retrieval-Augmented Generation – or RAG for short – capability, it tailors the searches and summaries to the hypothesis I pose (via carefully crafted prompts). I shape the results into solid propositions for my clients (after rigorous vetting with known sources and my own experience, of course). The tool gives suggestions on sources of information, key people to talk to, and even on sequencing of activities for an optimized path to value creation.

So, although the verdict on how AI will impact knowledge work is still out, what I know for sure is that it complemented my ideas and challenged some of my views on specific situations my client faced. I imagine how powerful end-to-end AI buildouts could be for knowledge work, meaning, connecting data sources, humans, and business processes to create results more efficiently (using less resources) that have positive business, societal, and environmental impact.