โBy design, the innovation funnel leads to survival of the safest ideas.โ
โBy design, the innovation funnel leads to survival of the safest ideas.โ
Yes been there and seen that. Not only in Germany where we are unfortunate very famous for that ๐.
Two thoughts on that:
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Spending more time in ideation and evaluation can make a huge different. Mechanisms like Amazonโs working backwards can bring a lot of understanding already in those early phases of the funnel. Managing risks. Tom, +1 on the power of diverse teams!
โจ It has never been a better time to be excited about the future.
โจ “It has never been a better time to be excited about the future.”
๐ I missed this interview back in October last year when Jeff Bezos compared today’s AI boom to the internet bubble of the 2000s at Italian Tech Week 2025 [1]. He warned of hype but insisted AI is “real” and will transform every industry. In the interview, he explained why industrial bubbles can benefit society and predicted that AI will raise both productivity and quality worldwide.
Customers Don't Want Another Chatbot' - How A2UI Is Revolutionizing AI Interface
Customers Don’t Want Another Chatbot" - How A2UI Is Revolutionizing AI Interfaces
“And then we figured out that the customers didn’t want another chatbot. They neither tend to love reading nor writing that much” - paraphrasing Jakob Panten at the AWS Summit in Stockholm back in 2024.
๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐-๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. This eliminated the need for users to craft long prompts while building concise, purpose-specific answers in the form of product comparison tables.
๐ค '๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐? ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ
๐ค “๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐? ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
This week I had the pleasure of listening to a presentation by Brent Smith, who highlighted the value of prototyping and empowering builders in the age of AI.
๐ง Why Prototyping Matters
Prototyping isn’t newโit’s a smart investment in any product development process. It enables early detection of design flaws, improves usability through real user feedback, and reduces costly mistakes before full-scale production. Prototyping aligns designs with manufacturing constraints, accelerates time to market, and builds stakeholder confidence by turning ideas into tangible, testable solutions.
Another super interesting conversation with Ilya Sutskever at the Dwarkesh Podca
Another super interesting conversation with Ilya Sutskever at the Dwarkesh Podcast[1]which made me fall short on my exercises in the gym last night as brain detached from body to process the input. Still on it.
One interesting aspect is Ilya talking about how essentially from his perspective it’s again time for research as “just” scaling the current set of technologies likely will generate a large amount of revenue with a considerable amount of cost, but research is required to get to the next level of AI.
This is a great start into the week. Creates some fast smiles and than some more serious afterthough
This is a great start into the week. Creates some fast smiles and than some more serious afterthoughts.
I absolutely agree that working backwards from real customer needs must be guiding product design. Not featuritis or Buzzword Compliance. No smart for the smart product label.
I also love technology which ease my life. I don’t mind a smart environment. The thing is - and I’m addressing my fellow technologists here - we need to make sure that we design those systems in reliable fashion.
๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต - ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐น
๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต - ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ …
Really loved this episode[1] of Standford AI Club with Jason Wei, where he talks the audience through three AI Ideas and forecasts. I think my teaser is only fully understandable if you watch the video entirely - and this is intended as it is a very good session.
Besides this, those are the three key ideas:
I still remember how fascinated I was by ELIZA. It must have been in the mid-90s
I still remember how fascinated I was by ELIZA. It must have been in the mid-90s. From [1]:
“๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 1964 ๐ต๐ฐ 1967 ๐ข๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ.”
โ ๐ช๐ต๐ '๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐'? ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐
โ ๐ช๐ต๐ “๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐”? ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐
Writing this early morning in Seattle with a much-needed cup of coffee - currently at an exciting ML conference and spent my long flight diving into this eye-opening conversation between Andrej Karpathy (ex-Tesla AI Director, OpenAI) and the amazing podcast host Dwarkesh Patel in the Dwarkesh Podcast [1]. His insights offer crucial guidance for tech and business folks navigating AI adoption.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ?
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ?
๐ค Creating your own avatarโnot just a still picture but also generating an on-demand, real-time video avatarโis no longer science fiction. It’s reality and is becoming increasingly mainstream.
โ๏ธ New technology always comes with challenges and responsibilities. Challenges to understand how to use it, grasp what’s possible, and recognize the limits. Responsibilities involve using the technology in a responsible fashion.
๐ฌ This weekend I watched another part of the Star Wars saga. Jedi use holographic technology for communication, providing them with a convenient way to communicate long-distance and discuss/decide in hybrid setups. Yet they still travel extensively, and you can see them bond when in the same locationโactually making efforts to travel for this purpose.