your best work!! (okay i say this about everything you write!) you touched on this but i'm curious how you think this new era of the internet makes for the rise of personal websites or having personalized homepages outside of the traditional platforms (Twitter, IG, etc)
This is fantastic, thanks for sharing. I’m working on a piece about AI and search from the lens of consumer products and how we shop. While AI has the potential to make product search more intuitive and reduce friction, it also may obscure a lot of the color around brand and product story that is so important to finding something you actually want to buy.
People talk about search in absolutes but the future is binary.
If I’m searching for an address or a menu, automate away. Make it as fast as possible. Give me an answer!
If I’m exploring an idea space to write about, think about, ponder (ie what is the meaning of life)… you don’t want an AI generating statistically commonplace text, you want human-curated exploration and discovery.
On the surface it’s a collaborative digital commonplace book. But the end game is to build a human-powered search engine for ideas and concepts. I think this vision becomes even more relevant with the AI garbage that’s about to flood the web.
your best work!! (okay i say this about everything you write!) you touched on this but i'm curious how you think this new era of the internet makes for the rise of personal websites or having personalized homepages outside of the traditional platforms (Twitter, IG, etc)
This is fantastic, thanks for sharing. I’m working on a piece about AI and search from the lens of consumer products and how we shop. While AI has the potential to make product search more intuitive and reduce friction, it also may obscure a lot of the color around brand and product story that is so important to finding something you actually want to buy.
Loved this.
People talk about search in absolutes but the future is binary.
If I’m searching for an address or a menu, automate away. Make it as fast as possible. Give me an answer!
If I’m exploring an idea space to write about, think about, ponder (ie what is the meaning of life)… you don’t want an AI generating statistically commonplace text, you want human-curated exploration and discovery.
This is the journey we’re on with sublime.app
On the surface it’s a collaborative digital commonplace book. But the end game is to build a human-powered search engine for ideas and concepts. I think this vision becomes even more relevant with the AI garbage that’s about to flood the web.
This was an incredible and relatable read- have you read Filterworld by Kyle Chayka? Highly recommend!