I think this is a good take. I hope to do the same.
For the understanding part, Andrej Karpathy has a YouTube playlist that explains neural networks. I made a start on it today and found it quite accessible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMj-3S1tku0&list=PLAqhIrjkxb...
I'm processing this news in realtime like many of you and forming a plan:
1. Understand how LLMs work. I've heard the Wolfram paper is good; open to more suggestions here.
2. Continue to practice using real implementations of LLMs including ChatGPT and co-pilot.
3. Finding painpoints within our company that AI can make more efficient and implementing solutions.
If anyone feels the same way and wants to form a working group with me, give me a shout. Email is in my bio.