Cassie Kozyrkov, https://www.kozyr.com was the opening Keynote for the 7x24 Exchange 2025 Conference.

She discussed the perceptions that exist of AI - Theory, Data, GenAI, Agents

Cassie took the audience through a journey of to think about AI. She interacted with the audience to engage the audience in how to think about AI.

Control vs. Complexity is one of the points that Cassie arrived at how people’s focus on control creates an over simplistic approach when the hardest problems require an embrace of complexity and data. Data enables a super human memory.

Here are some nuggets of what Cassie covered

The #1 Rule of Complexity. Expect the unexpected!

How do you test complexity? Test to trust.

Rule #3 Testing is contextual and needs leader oversight.

AI Reliability Paradox.

Language is the basis of collaboration. literacy is key

Context is Currency

in the end Cassie completed the journey of discussing Theory -> Data -> GenAI -> Agents as a way to think about AI and the range of issues