The Next AI Wave Will Be Social, Not Solo | Sarah Tavel, Benchmark and ex-Pinterest

As the expression of ideas becomes exponentially easier, the ideas themselves become more of the differentiator (yes, I think “Prompt Engineering” will become a discipline in and of itself!). Good ideas aren’t derived solely from logic and patterns of the past; they’re also the product of human traumas, mistakes of the eye, and uniquely human inge

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Enter Large Language Models (LLMs). The first tranche of products and startups leveraging LLMs has kept within the mental model of selling software to achieve step-function improvements in end-user productivity. The "Copilot for [x]" trend reflects this mental model. While there are fantastic startups innovating to improve employee productivity, LL... See more

What would Instagram look like if it started with “AI filters”? What if we could interact with AI chatbots in our messengers? We are already beginning to see this happen. This type of evolution is inevitable, and the obvious incrementalism will quickly make its way into incumbent applications. It is not enough to reinvent the consumer social landsc... See more