full ep: access.show
full ep: access.show
Is Google outsourcing our brains?!
People said this years ago about Search and Maps β and that turned out to be a bit overblown π
Will AI be any different?
"The challenge for society to figure out is not to replace thinking, but to use it for harder tasks" says Head of Search Liz Reid
"Before AI slop, there was human slop, and we've got plenty of it..." says Reddit CEO Steve Huffman.
"What the platform is good at [for the last 20 years] is pulling the great content out. We've been fighting manipulation for our entire existence!"
Incredible π
full ep out now, with Victor from Synthesia: access.show
The best storytelling hack? Just *say it out loud* π
This forces you to put yourself in the audience's shoes, and helps ensure you don't sound like an informercial.
"The hard part of my job isn't getting computers to do things. It's getting *people* to do things." -Sublime's Sari Azout
as tony fadell once wrote, βThe story of your product, your company, and your vision should drive everything you do.β
i appreciate the storytelling meme but tbh it's just the new content marketing π
the real lever (that i try to practice) is feeling confident it's going to achieve all of your startup goals *long-term*, from recruiting to product strategy & selling investors on USP.
How do you build a moat as an AI wrapper?
Assume the big guys will come after you, says Harvey's Winston Weinberg. How would you defend it?
Even if it means giving up ground to other startups, planning for disruption is the best long-term plan.
Harvey's Winston Weinberg does interviews in Google Docs to weed out the "good talkers." Goated.
Iβm launching Sources, a new publication about the tech industryβs inside conversation, and Access, a tech interview podcast with my friend @hamburger.bsky.social.
The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.
mornings with friend
happy monday nerds
Don't miss this Decoder episode with @hamburger.bsky.social
There are few people who can clearly see an industry from both inside and outside at the same time. Ellis is that with tech & culture.
www.theverge.com/decoder-pod...
Iβm guest hosting the Decoder podcast for the next couple of months, starting with this chat with the one and only @hamburger.bsky.social www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...
@diegoarguello.bsky.social lovely piece on DS2 π
@plante.bsky.social adored the DS pod man π
crunch is a thing men do because planning requires them to be honest with themselves about themselves
nobody does it like TE π₯΅
thanks boss!
not chain of thought...
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excited to share a new manifesto with maisa
β maisa.ai/about-us/
Babyβs first office (Little Tokyo, LA)
Raycast Focus is too good
the old ways
perfect
LA being weird
π«¨π«¨π«¨ @scottbelsky.bsky.social
a brilliant exercise in transparency from Nothing
not just a entertaining concept, but a genius way to frame all the hidden costs that go into a phone
best in class trust-building on display here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bny2...