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Noises of AI
Notes on AI, media, and product judgment. What's worth building, what's overhyped, and what should stay human.
Creation Got Cheap. Discovery Didn't.
In streaming, 90% of catalog is never heard. AI creative tools are about to do this to every medium.
Read →The Friction Problem in AI Learning Tools
A friend is building Duolingo for everything. The AI generates the content. The open question is when the tool should make things harder on purpose.
Read →Design for Six Months from Now
Most AI products are designed for today's user with today's model. Both will be different by the time you ship.
Read →AI and the Judgment Problem
The question isn't whether a decision is high-stakes. It's whether the success criteria hold still long enough for an algorithm to learn them.
Read →What Suno and Descript get right that most AI tools don't
They don't try to replace the creative act. They expand the scope of who can attempt it.
Read →Curiosity as a design constraint
Curiosity doesn't come from novelty. It comes from almost recognizing something. That near-miss is a designable moment.
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