Five styles of 'AI Product Development'

Me and lots of people I work or interact with are using AI to build things. The kind of things they are building vary a lot so I figured I would write down a few of the archetypes and some brief observations on each.Type 1 : A long running conversation with an agentThis one is the most common and the simplest. You start a chat with your LLM of choice about a topic and the thread becomes the 'product'.A personal example of this one is that I have a Claude thread that's been looking at some of my running data and recommending adjustments to my training plan based on linked research.This kind of 'product' works well when the thing you want is hard to put into repeatable rules. Doubly so when its built for just one person.If my Claude thread disappeared tomorrow I would be mildly annoyed but honestly its no great loss. It's a very disposable form of a product and you could probably argue it isn't a product at all. Despite that there are no doubt many of these in existence now.I do think…