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
Opinion
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…”
Brit Morin Dec 1, 2023 ▶ 22:10 #25: TikTok, Porn and The Immediate Risks of AI · More or Less Podcast
Mar 28, 2025 negative
Insight
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.”
Ben Smith Mar 28, 2025 ▶ 53:33 The Signal Scandal & DOGE Drama! (with Ben Smith and Nicholas Carlson) | More or Less #92 · More or Less Podcast
Oct 17, 2025 bearish
Opinion
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…”
Dave Morin Oct 17, 2025 ▶ 22:47 Meta’s Teen Rules, OpenAI’s Content Shift, and Roblox the New Social Media? · More or Less Podcast
Mar 20, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
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…”
Brit Morin Mar 20, 2026 ▶ 6:21 Nvidia’s GTC Was “Taylor Swift for Straight Men” (Apple, OpenAI, and OpenClaw News) · More or Less Podcast
Apr 10, 2026 positive
Insight
Rauch: Being technical now means using AI tools effectively
“The new technical is that you used AI tools so well that what people used to take pride in being technical on is now an implementation detail that is less important.”
Guillermo Rauch Apr 10, 2026 ▶ 40:40 Vercel CEO: 70% of Our Traffic Is Now AI Agents "Nobody Was Prepared" | Anthropic, OpenClaw, OpenAI
Apr 24, 2026 negative
Insight
Lessin: AI Leverage Means Needing to Include and Cooperate With Fewer People
“The fact that I can do so much more on my own and you can do so much more on your own just means we don't need to include as many people that we don't have to play nicely with others as much.”
Sam Lessin Apr 24, 2026 ▶ 51:04 What Tim Cook’s “Executive Chairman” Move Really Means | Musk vs OpenAI, xAI and Cursor Rumors
May 29, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Current AI tool adoption is at roughly one percent of market potential
“We're like at one percent penetration of what is the market in terms of what you can currently do with these tools. Only one percent of the people are actually doing it.”
Amir Efrati May 29, 2026 ▶ 36:44 Normal People Don't Want AI Agents (And Silicon Valley Can't Accept It) · More or Less Podcast
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