Weeknotes #401 — Party pooper

How jolly. This week, one of my friends asked me to spend a chunk of time with an AI product that he’s vibe-coded and is thinking of turning into a business. I’ve seen some of the output and it doesn’t appeal to me at all, nor do I see how there is a market for what’s being sold. So I said no. I hate being the party pooper, but I so often find myself playing this role. I’m fascinated by how my non-technical friends are putting together websites, games and other artefacts with AI and would love to spend the time talking to them about that, but I’m yet to find many (or any?) of the products compelling so far. I keep coming across websites, reports and slide decks that all look the same. Within half a second, you can tell that they were created with AI. I asked ChatGPT about this design aesthetic and it gave me this as an illustration, which is spot on: ChatGPT’s approximation of ‘the AI aesthetic’ that is absolutely everywhere right now. They aren’t necessarily wrong or bad. But the…

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