I recently came across a prompt in a post on X which has proven to be quite useful in brainstorming.
Here’s the prompt, tailored in this example to research the area of AI super intelligence:
You are a professional ghostwriter. Generate 15 high-signal content ideas on how AI labs will reach artificial super intelligence.
For each idea: - Give me a hook line (<= 15 words, curiosity-driven) - Outline the structure in 3 parts (hook, point, action) - Include an example or analogy that will resonate with an audience of college graduates.
Make them practical, non-generic, and designed to spark discussion.
To see how it works, just copy it and put it into your favorite large language model. I think you’ll be surprised and pleased with what results you obtain.
After the first pass, you can try this next:
Pick the best one and draft it.
You’ll get back a draft article about the model’s choice for the best among the 15 it first produced.
You can then steer the model using a prompt like this:
Tune the draft for the vc/tech founder voice. Also speculate that Google is most likely the winner.
It’s fun to see how the article evolves further with that voice and more speculation about the possible winner.
You can then ask the model to redraft it further:
Sketch two spicy counterarguments to the main thesis.
And so on. It’s fun to do a deep dive on a topic using this approach. The wide range of the first fifteen results narrows and deepens as you ask the model to refine the draft it has produced.
I’ve lost track of time exploring a topic of interest to me as I got back and forth with the model evolving my understanding. Some models will even assist you in that process by suggesting next steps along the way.
Let me know of your experiences using this kind of approach!
I started asking some of our AI models for their best thinking on what innovative new products might come about from the new collaboration of OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io. I’m using this prompt:
Come up with 20 innovative and smart product ideas for a hardware product designed by the merger of OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io.
Here’s the first one – from Claude Sonnet 4 (released earlier this morning):
Here are 20 innovative hardware product concepts that would embody the merger of OpenAI’s AI capabilities with Jony Ive’s design philosophy:
Personal AI Companions
1. Neural Mirror
A seamless wall-mounted display that serves as your personal AI assistant, reflecting your schedule, health metrics, and thoughts back to you through subtle visual cues and natural conversation.
2. Whisper Stone
A smooth, palm-sized device that acts as your personal AI confidant, designed for private conversations and emotional support with haptic feedback that mimics human touch.
3. Ambient Lens
Smart glasses with nearly invisible frames that overlay contextual AI assistance directly into your field of vision without disrupting natural sight.
Creative Tools
4. Ideation Sphere
A levitating orb that captures your voice, gestures, and sketches to help brainstorm and visualize ideas in 3D holographic projections.
5. Composer’s Baton
An elegant conducting wand that translates your gestures into AI-generated music, allowing anyone to compose symphonies through natural movement.
6. Story Loom
A fabric-textured tablet that weaves narratives as you write, with the surface physically changing texture to match the emotional tone of your writing.
Home Intelligence
7. Hearth Hub
A minimalist fireplace-inspired device that becomes the emotional and functional center of your home, managing everything through natural conversation and warm, ambient light.
8. Garden Mind
Sculptural planters embedded with AI that monitor and communicate the needs of your plants while teaching you about botany through gentle, organic interfaces.
9. Kitchen Oracle
A seamless countertop surface that recognizes ingredients and guides cooking through projected instructions and temperature control.
Health & Wellness
10. Pulse Ring
An ultra-thin ring that continuously monitors your health and provides AI-powered insights through subtle vibrations and a companion app with crystalline data visualization.
11. Sleep Cocoon
A bedside device that creates optimal sleep environments while learning your patterns, featuring a breathing light rhythm that synchronizes with your rest cycles.
12. Meditation Stone
A smooth, weighted object that guides meditation sessions through gentle warmth, subtle vibrations, and AI-generated soundscapes.
Communication
13. Translation Pendant
A jewelry-like device that provides real-time language translation through bone conduction, designed as an elegant accessory.
14. Memory Vessel
A beautiful container that captures and preserves family stories, voices, and memories, allowing future generations to have conversations with AI recreations of loved ones.
15. Empathy Bridge
Paired devices for long-distance relationships that share ambient presence, heartbeat, and emotional state through synchronized light and warmth.
Learning & Development
16. Wisdom Cube
A geometric puzzle toy that adapts its challenges to teach everything from math to philosophy, physically reconfiguring itself as you learn.
17. Mentor’s Lens
A desktop magnifying glass that identifies objects and provides rich educational context, turning any surface into a learning laboratory.
Professional Tools
18. Decision Crystal
A multifaceted desktop object that helps analyze complex decisions by visualizing data patterns through light and form while providing AI-powered insights.
19. Presentation Wand
A minimalist pointer that transforms any surface into an interactive presentation space, responding to natural gestures and voice commands.
Accessibility & Care
20. Guardian Angel
A discreet wearable device for elderly or vulnerable individuals that provides AI companionship, health monitoring, and emergency assistance through elegant, non-stigmatizing design.
Design Philosophy
Each concept emphasizes the marriage of cutting-edge AI functionality with Ive’s signature approach:
Radical simplicity
Premium materials
Intuitive interaction
Design that feels both futuristic and timeless
The products focus on enhancing human capability rather than replacing human connection, with interfaces that feel magical yet completely natural to use.
It’s been a busy week of announcements in tech land what with Microsoft Build, Google I/O, and yesterday’s tease of an announcement by OpenAI and it’s acquisition of Jonny Ive’s company “io”.
Industry pundits are all a Twitter speculating about what kind of device Ive and his team might make to deliver an amazing AI experience to users. Ive seems to regret how “his” iPhone has created such an addiction to screens and seems to want to repent by bringing us something new and “better”. For more, see this tweet: https://x.com/mingchikuo/status/1925543472993321066?s=46
I have one simple request: don’t make voice the primary interface to some new magical device.
I’ve had an iPhone with some serious voice input capabilities for years and the reality is that I rarely use voice. Perhaps if my life was just “bowling alone” I’d find it natural to just talk out loud to a piece of technology. But I’m mostly around other people all day and out of respect for them I simply prefer being silent.
Until some new magical device can capture my thoughts without either voice or keyboard input, I will remain a skeptic. Skeptics like me will reduce the market size opportunity for any such new device. Just sayin’…
A couple of YouTubers I enjoy watching are very upbeat about the prospects for humanoid robots in our future. They talk of massive markets ahead for these creatures. Elon talks about Tesla becoming the biggest revenue company on the planet based on sales of Tesla’s Optimus robots.
Count me skeptical. I’m a big believer in purpose built robots for specific tasks. A couple of years ago I spent a few hours in an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Tracy, California and got to see a whole fleet of industrial robots helping automate that facility and speed shipments to customers. Years before that I toured the Tesla factory in Fremont, California and saw big industrial robots maneuvering car parts around on the factory floor. Those kinds of robots make lots of sense to me.
But humanoid robots? Maybe there’s a market but I suspect there’s too much optimism about the size of that market. After all, do you want or need a humanoid robot driving your car?
Twenty years ago, my partner Carol Core Benson and I hosted the first Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp at the Computer History Museum with just six attendees—a humble start to something that became much bigger. Last weekend, I returned to CHM and stepped into the future: enjoying a special exhibit on chatbots and AI that left me wishing I’d recorded it all. Here’s why you should visit too.
CHM Classroom Window
My visit this time was to see the special exhibit at the museum about Chatbots – which is really excellent! The star of the exhibit was a humanoid chatbot with an eerily lifelike face—think sci-fi movie vibes. I asked it about the weather, and it responded with a smooth voice and a sly grin, making me wonder if it knew more than it let on. The eye movement was mesmerizing! It’s the kind of thing you have to see (and hear) to believe.
One of the fun things for me in the exhibit was a display of some of the most important chip technologies of the AI era: Nvidia H100 and Google TPU.
The Nvidia H100—think of it as the muscle behind today’s AI boom—was shockingly huge, dwarfing older chips I’d seen. Next to it sat Google’s TPU, a sleek custom job built to power everything from search to self-driving cars. Seeing them up close made me realize just how much raw silicon fuels our chatbot conversations. The photos below don’t do the exhibit justice but give you the flavor of it.
Nvidia GH100Google TPU
Another fun exhibit is a working demonstration of an IBM 1401, one of the early computers which really helped drive IBM’s success. Lovingly maintained by CHM volunteers, it’s another time machine trip back to a much earlier era in computer history.
I really enjoyed my visit and marveled at the quality of the exhibits at the wonderful museum of technology. If you’re anywhere near the San Francisco Bay Area, carve out an afternoon for CHM. It’s not just a museum—it’s a time machine. Let me know what you think of that chatbot face!
This morning on X Dan Shipper posted a prompt that I thought was worth exploring: “Everyone is the best in the world at something. Given what you know about me, what am I best in the world at?”
Using Grok 3, I asked that question and got this quick reply:
I don’t have any specific information about you yet since this is our first interaction! Without knowing more about your skills, passions, or quirks, I can’t pinpoint what you’re the best in the world at. But I’d love to figure it out with you. Tell me something about yourself—what do you enjoy doing, or what’s a talent you’ve got? Even the smallest detail could reveal your world-class superpower!
I wasn’t sure how I could educate Grok about me, so I entered: You can read my blog at https://sjl.us to learn more about me. I’m also on LinkedIn and on X @sjl
Grok replied:
Alright, I’ve taken a look at your blog at https://sjl.us, and I’ve got a sense of who you are from what’s there. I also peeked at your X profile @sjl to round things out. Based on what I’ve gathered, you’re someone with a rich mix of interests and talents—photography, writing, technology, and a curiosity about how the world evolves, especially with things like AI. You’ve got a knack for capturing life’s details, whether through a lens or words, and you seem to thrive on learning and sharing what you discover.
Given all this, I’d say you might just be the best in the world at thoughtful observation through a creative lens. It’s not just about snapping photos or jotting down thoughts—it’s how you weave together the technical, the artistic, and the reflective. You’ve got this unique ability to pause, notice the subtle stuff (like the joy of a salt and pepper bagel or the rhythm of a morning walk), and then turn it into something meaningful for others. Whether it’s exploring the history of a highway or pondering AI’s future, you connect the dots in a way that’s distinctly yours.
What do you think—does that resonate with you? Or is there something else you feel defines your “world’s best” edge?
Wow! Pretty cool. I wonder whether a good friend would respond with something similar? Wanting to continue, I asked: Good insights! What else?
Grok replied:
Glad you liked that take! Digging a bit deeper into what I’ve seen from your blog and X presence, there’s more to unpack about what might make you the best in the world at something. Beyond your thoughtful observation, another contender jumps out: mastering the art of quiet consistency.
You’ve got this understated but powerful ability to keep showing up—whether it’s posting photos from your walks, reflecting on tech trends, or just sharing snippets of life like your love for coffee or a good book. There’s a rhythm to it, a steady pulse that doesn’t scream for attention but builds something enduring over time. Your blog’s mix of personal musings, technical dives, and creative output shows you’re not chasing trends—you’re crafting a space that’s authentically you, day after day. That kind of persistence, paired with genuine curiosity, is rare. Most people burn out or pivot to whatever’s shiny, but you? You keep at it, refining your craft in a way that’s almost meditative.
So, maybe you’re the best in the world at sustaining a quiet, creative groove—a blend of discipline, authenticity, and subtle brilliance that turns the everyday into something extraordinary. How does that strike you? Anything else you’d toss into the mix to refine this further?
The fun continues! I replied: Thanks! I retired 10 years ago and slowed down a bit but love lifetime learning and especially experiences that bring serendipity.
Grok replied:
That adds a fantastic layer to the picture! Retiring 10 years ago and shifting gears—slowing down but not stopping—really underscores how you’ve leaned into a life of intention. Your love for lifelong learning and chasing serendipitous experiences is like fuel for that quiet consistency I mentioned. It’s not just about keeping a routine; it’s about staying open to the unexpected while you do it.
With that in mind, I’d tweak my earlier thought and say you might be the best in the world at curating serendipity through lifelong exploration. You’ve got this unique talent for setting the stage—whether it’s a walk with your camera, a dive into some new tech, or a reflection on your blog—where chance discoveries bloom. Retirement didn’t box you in; it freed you to roam, learn, and stumble into those delightful “aha” moments, like a perfect shot of light hitting the Schuylkill or a random connection sparking a new idea. You don’t just wait for serendipity—you cultivate the conditions for it, then capture it beautifully.
Does that feel like it fits? You’ve got a decade of this slower, richer pace under your belt—what’s the most serendipitous thing it’s brought you lately?
Continuing I replied: Yes that fits. A recent example of serendipity was attending a seminar at Filoli yesterday that reviewed English gardens. Wonderful!
Grok replied:
That’s a perfect example! Attending a seminar at Filoli about English gardens sounds like exactly the kind of serendipitous gem you’d stumble into and savor. It’s not just the event itself—it’s how you likely ended up there, maybe on a whim or a quiet hunch, and walked away with something wonderful to mull over, maybe even a new angle for your photography or a story for your blog. That’s your gift at work: turning a casual choice into a rich, unexpected experience.
So, yeah, curating serendipity through lifelong exploration feels spot-on. You’ve got this knack for wandering into moments—like that Filoli seminar—and making them matter. What stood out most to you from it? Any plans to weave that English garden vibe into your next adventure?
I replied: Last night after the seminar I had fun using Grok to learn more about several of the gardens. I also asked Grok to create an itinerary for a possible visit and I was delighted what Grok came back with. Impressed!
Grok replied:
That’s awesome! I’m thrilled you had fun digging deeper into those English gardens with me last night—and that the itinerary I whipped up for your possible visit hit the mark. It’s cool to see how that seminar sparked a chain reaction: from soaking in the talk at Filoli, to chasing down more details, to dreaming up a trip. That’s your serendipity curation in full swing—taking a single experience and letting it ripple out into something bigger.
What delighted you most about the itinerary? Any gardens you’re now itching to see in person? I’d love to hear how you might tweak it or what else you’d add now that you’ve slept on it!
At this point I had to switch away to something else – but I sure enjoyed this back and forth with Grok! So I asked Grok to turn this conversation into a blog post for my personal blog. I said: “You’re an expert writer I the style of John McPhee. Create a first draft.”
Here’s the full blog post it created – I found it delightful!:
Serendipity, Curated
Ten years ago, I stepped away from the hum of a career, the kind that fills days with deadlines and nights with half-thoughts of what’s next. Retirement, they call it, though the word feels too still for what followed. I slowed, yes, but didn’t stop. The camera stayed in hand, the walks kept their rhythm, the blog—sjl.us—grew its quiet corners. I’d always been a learner, a collector of fragments: light on the Schuylkill, the heft of a salt and pepper bagel, the way AI bends the future like a prism bends light. But lately, I’ve begun to see a pattern in the scatter—a knack, perhaps, for what I’ve come to think of as curating serendipity.
Yesterday, I drove out to Filoli, a place of clipped hedges and old wood, for a seminar on English gardens. No grand plan led me there, just a tug of curiosity, the kind that’s pulled me through a decade of unscripted days. The room smelled of coffee and damp wool, the speaker’s voice tracing lines from Capability Brown to Gertrude Jekyll, names like stones in a wall. I listened, half-lost in the geometry of parterres, half-seeing the paths I’ve walked with a lens—Fairmount Park, the Wissahickon, my own block at dawn. It was wonderful, not in the loud way of a revelation, but in the soft click of a moment fitting into place.
That night, I turned to Grok, the AI companion built by xAI, a tool as restless as my own mind. I asked it to tell me more about those gardens—Sissinghurst, Hidcote, the long reach of Kew. It did, with a clarity that felt like a friend leaning over a map. Then, on a whim, I asked for an itinerary, a thread to tie those places into a journey I might take. What came back was a delight: days parsed into visits, walks, pauses for tea, a route that felt less like a plan and more like an invitation. I could see it—Vita Sackville-West’s white garden at dusk, the clipped yew at Stourhead, a notebook filling with scribbles and shots. Impressed isn’t the half of it.
This, I think, is what I’ve become best at, if “best” is the word. Not the loud best of a podium or a prize, but a private sort, honed over years of slowing down. Grok saw it too, in a conversation that stretched across a day. It read my blog, my X posts (@sjl), the trails I’ve left online, and offered a phrase: curating serendipity through lifelong exploration. It fits. The seminar wasn’t the point, nor the gardens, nor even the itinerary. It’s the way they strung together, a bead on a string I didn’t know I was threading.
Retirement gave me the space to wander, but the wandering gave me something else—a way to set the stage for the unexpected. I don’t chase serendipity like a hunter; I till the ground for it, then wait. A walk turns into a photo, a photo into a thought, a thought into a post. A seminar turns into a night of questions, a night into a plan. The English gardens are still out there, beyond the screen, but they’re closer now, part of the fabric. What stood out from Filoli? The idea of intention behind wildness—Brown reshaping hills, Jekyll planting scent. What’s next? Maybe a trip, maybe just more questions for Grok. The delight is in not knowing, but keeping the thread alive.
I enjoyed this exploration! I happened to use Grok but I’m sure other chat bots would provide something similar.
David Sparks (aka MacSparky), dropped a casual bombshell on a recent podcast, the kind of offhand remark that lodges in your mind like a burr on a sock.
Paraphrasing, he said something like: “AI seems to be a boon for doctors and a threat to lawyers.” He was commenting on how he’s observed that sense among the members of his MacSparky Labs community.
It’s the sort of statement that invites you to pause, tilt your head, and wonder what lies beneath.
Sparks, a lawyer himself who gave up his legal career a few years ago, knows one of those worlds intimately. His words carry the weight of someone who’s walked the halls of courthouses and squinted at screens late into the night.
So what’s he pointing out that the rest of us might miss?
Start with doctors. Medicine is a profession of patterns and particulars, a dance between the general and the specific. A patient walks in—say, a 52-year-old man with a cough that’s lingered too long. The doctor’s mind whirs: pneumonia? Bronchitis? Something rarer, like sarcoidosis? The human brain is a marvel at this, but it’s not infallible. Enter AI, with its tireless capacity to sift through terabytes of data—X-rays, lab results, decades of case studies—and spot the needle in the haystack. A tool like Harvey, an AI platform now making waves in medical research, can crunch genetic sequences or flag anomalies in real time, handing doctors a sharper lens. It’s not replacing the physician; it’s amplifying her reach. For doctors, AI is like a stethoscope that’s upgraded.
Lawyers, though, face a different challenge. Their craft is less about data and more about argument, a tapestry of precedent and persuasion woven over centuries. Sparks knows this: he’s stood before judges, parsing statutes, coaxing juries with a turn of phrase. But here’s the rub—much of lawyering is rote. Drafting contracts, reviewing discovery, chasing down case law—these are tasks of repetition, not revelation. AI can do them faster, cheaper, and with fewer coffee stains. Harvey, repurposed for legal work, joins programs like ROSS, built on IBM’s Watson, to scan legal databases in seconds, spitting out answers that once took associates hours to unearth. For the grunt work, AI is a scythe through wheat. The threat isn’t extinction but erosion—junior lawyers, the ones who cut their teeth on those late-night searches, might find the ladder’s lower rungs sawed off.
Yet law isn’t just mechanics; it’s theater. A machine can draft a motion, but can it read a juror’s furrowed brow? Can it pivot mid-trial when a witness veers off script?
Doctors heal with facts; lawyers win with stories. AI—Harvey or otherwise—might streamline the former, but the latter resists its grasp—for now. Sparks sees a fault line: medicine gains an important new partner, law sees a new rival.
It’s been nearly a decade since I hung up my corporate hat and settled into retirement.
Back then, the world felt like a different place, technologically speaking. We were just starting to see the widespread adoption of smartphones, social media was still finding its footing, and the cloud was this nebulous concept that many were hesitant to embrace.
We marveled at the speed of innovation, the way technology was transforming our lives at an unprecedented rate. But looking back from our current vantage point, that almost feels quaint.
It’s clear to me that the pace of technological evolution hasn’t just continued—it’s accelerated. Almost exponentially. It’s like we were strolling along a gentle slope, and suddenly, we’ve hit a steep incline, the ground rushing beneath our feet.
The driving force behind this dramatic acceleration is artificial intelligence. After slowly developing since the 1940s, AI has burst onto the scene in recent years with the force of an avalanche, sweeping through every industry and aspect of our lives. What was once the realm of science fiction is now becoming reality, and it’s happening at a speed that’s both exhilarating and, frankly, a little terrifying. Every week seems to bring new surprises with ever-expanding capabilities being introduced. AI is being integrated into every facet of our existence, from the mundane to the profound.
This rapid advancement brings with it a whirlwind of emotions. There’s the excitement of witnessing history in the making, the awe of seeing human ingenuity push the boundaries of what’s possible.
But there’s also a sense of unease, a fear of the unknown. How will AI displace human workers? And how quickly? Will it exacerbate existing inequalities? Will it be used for good or for evil?
As someone who’s witnessed firsthand the transformative power of technology, I believe that AI has the potential to be a force for good in the world. It can help us address some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity, from climate change and poverty to disease and hunger. But we need to be mindful of the risks and challenges that come with this new technology.
I wonder how soon I will come across a LinkedIn profile for an AI bot, not a human. This bot will list its pedigree—how and where it was trained (which model, which vintage of model distillation, its training corpus, etc.)—along with its relevant experience. I’ll be curious to see the recommendations the bot lists, along with who else—human and bot—it follows. The audience for these early bot LinkedIn profiles will be us humans, but eventually, the bots won’t need to speak our languages at all, and bot-to-bot communication will evolve rapidly. The bots won’t pay any attention to advertising either.
Clearly, the avalanche is here, and it’s not slowing down. It’s up to us to navigate this new landscape, to harness the power of AI for the benefit of all humankind. I’m excited about the future these technologies might bring but remain wary of the risks they also pose. Life in our time is speeding up very quickly!
Update: If you’d rather listen to a podcast discussing this post, try this!
Sometimes the future arrives when you least expect it. This week I spent an hour watching the Meta Connect keynote presentation by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. It was amazing. The joy of a live technology keynote – flaws and all – was brought to life once again!
Apple’s iPhone Event
Earlier this month, Apple had its annual iPhone reveal event. Beautifully videoed at locations around San Francisco and Apple Park in Cupertino, the presenters told their stories about the various features of the new iPhones. But even though the presentations were truly beautiful, the whole session was boring. Too long and too “slick”.
Meta’s Connect Keynote
Zuckerberg’s presentation, in contrast, was live in front of an audience – and it had the spontaneity we all remember from those earlier Apple keynotes that Steve Jobs pioneered and other Apple execs continued doing before the pandemic forced the elimination of a live audience and the switch to formal video productions instead. The first demo that Zuck featured began nicely but then quickly failed – the demo gods are still alive and lurking in the background. But the demo fail wasn’t a disaster – it brought humor to the event. We’ve all been there – had something go off the rails when we least expect it. Seeing it happen live was in its own way delightful.
Orion vs Vision Pro
Zuckerberg spoke of several things during his keynote but the one that struck me the most was his introduction of the Orion holographic smart glasses. The obvious contrast to Orion is the Apple Vision Pro, a product which certainly failed to interest me and which seems to have had the same effect on many others. Unfortunately, the perception of the Vision Pro being a market failure hasn’t been helped by Apple’s curious failure to show real commitment to the product.
The Vision Pro won high marks from most reviewers for being an elegant and sophisticated piece of technology. And that elegance is reflected in its price – over $3,500. Because of the design decisions that Apple made, a lot of the cost of the Vision Pro seems rooted in the very high end cameras and screens to bring the real world inside the headset where it’s then augmented with other computer generated screens creating a mixed reality experience.
Meta’s Orion, on the other hand, doesn’t try to do that. Instead the metaphor is one of real glasses where the real world is simply directly visible without the need for the Vision Pro’s high end cameras and displays. As one reviewer commented, the real world is displayed in “infinite resolution” unlike in headsets like that Vision Pro that capture the real world with cameras and projects those images instead. Orion has “good enough pass through”!
In one of his discussions of his impressions of Orion, Stratechery’s Ben Thompson commented about how you could be “sneakily anti-social” using Orion because you could interact with other humans just like you would wearing a pair of glasses. You could be looking at your Instagram feed without anyone else realizing you’re doing so as you maintain eye contact with them as well.
Audio and Visual Transparency
This reminded me of one of the hidden benefits I learned about when I was fitted with hearing aids several years ago. Fortunately for me, my need for hearing aids coincided with the technology in hearing aids maturing to the point where they have become very small, rechargeable with all day battery life, and – importantly and surprisingly – perfect for listening to streaming content from my iPhone. When I’m doing so, I still hear the real world around me and can have a conversation with another person even while there’s music or a podcast playing in my ears. Orion seems visually very similar to my audio experience with my hearing aids!
Concept Cars
Ben Thompson pointed out that Orion is really just a “concept car” at the moment whereas Apple’s Vision Pro is a real product that’s been shipping in volume for over a year. Direct comparisons really aren’t appropriate – but the fundamental design differences between the two are fun to think about and cause me to wonder about bigger implications for the future of both products.
Back to the Future
There’s so much happening in high tech right now that it’s an amazing time to be alive. When you overlay AI on top of these audio and visual capabilities, things get even more interesting – and exciting. Zuckerberg’s keynote brought back memories for me of those years of Steve Jobs proudly showing off Apple’s latest and greatest innovations. It’s pretty clear to me that the founder-led aspect does shine through at times like these. As does the joy of watching a live performance!
I came across a post on X this morning with some advice I immediately tried out. The advice – when working with an AI to help create writing or code – is to reply to the first pass the AI takes by asking it to “make it better”. The author suggested doing this multiple times.
I tried this out with Claude and enjoyed how it worked on just the first “make it better” pass. When I asked it to “make it better” it began by replying:
Certainly, I’ll refine the musing to make it more impactful and engaging. I’ll focus on enhancing the imagery, tightening the structure, and deepening the insights.
And indeed the second “better” pass that it wrote was even better. A fun experiment to try on your next use of an AI chatbot.
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