Voice and vision are probably how we'll interact with AI
The tech stack needed to change how we interact with AI already exists. How it all comes together remains open.
What's happening next to search
Searchable content is becoming more exclusive, and AI is having its SEO moment.
Prioritization, news consumption, and how to use generative AI.
I wrote an article on the role of prioritization in product strategy. Plus some thoughts on news consumption and how we should use LLMs.
Are we just going to be chatting with bots now?
According to the dead internet theory, everyone on the internet but you is a bot. I never believed that everyone online is fake, but a lot of what I see can't be real people. LLMs now make it trivially easy for everything online to be a bot.
Are subscriptions the only way we'll get news?
The double punch of social media and the 24 hour news cycle devalued journalism. I've been thinking a lot this week about where the media goes from here.
What algorithms did to the content experience
Consuming, creating and engaging got bundled. Consuming became mindless. Creating became ostentatious. Engaging became a social expectation.
We're using AI chatbots incorrectly
Large language models by themselves aren't truth machines. When an AI chatbot responds it doesn't know anything. We shouldn't use them like they do.
The medium is the message for social and AI
Content moderation is a red herring and getting practical with how genAI works and will make money.
Post-social media?
We're all talking about how bad we feel using social media. But we're still using it and more than before.
Making sense of tech this week
The Vision Pro, ZIRP, and text-based social media.
Good writing and graphics from 2023
The annual Jealousy List is, as always, stellar.
Transformational ChatGPT, social media reforms, and authenticity on the internet.
Plus how much for you to abandon your morals, your fav Lego minifigs, sunsets and more.