AI tools
7 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 5 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Dec 1, 2023 by Brit Morin · across every show →
Everything said about AI tools, oldest first
Dec 1, 2023 negative
Brit Morin: AI Editing Tools Drive Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphia
“You can also argue that some of the AI tools that exist right now for like making you skinnier and like editing kind of your selfies. Are leading a lot of young girls to, like, eating disorders, or even young boys to, like, what do they call it? The, like, The…”
Mar 28, 2025 negative
Ben Smith: AI products built in four hours are completely indefensible businesses
“Also, right, I thought for two seconds, oh yeah, we should charge this as a product. And it's like, well, actually, if I built this in four hours, that's like not defensible. That is the least defensible thing in the world.”
Oct 17, 2025 bearish
Morin: Current AI tools cannot build a personal AI stack
“And the AI tools right now, you know, though we've talked about them at great length on the pod, they're still not really good enough to build you your own personal AI stack. Like, they're really not. Like, they're really good at, like, running you into a corn…”
Mar 20, 2026 negative
Morin: Data shows AI tool usage degrades human memory and problem-solving
“Well, it's not only anxiety, Jess, but like there's actual now data coming out that people have been measuring people's, not only their memory, but their problem solving, like their constructive thinking and people, the more people are using all these AI tools…”
Apr 10, 2026 positive
Apr 24, 2026 negative