We dig into Claude Duet, Meta’s Muse and the rest of the new assistants that suggest before you ask, why Muse’s retention numbers look shaky, and what happens to businesses built on friction, from Chase’s no-yield checking to Amazon’s purchase insurance pop-ups. The conversation turns to what gets lost when you get the answer without asking the question, from the mathematicians reeling after OpenAI’s proof drop to Ethan Mollick’s dark factory vs. twilight factory framing in his new book.
Plus: Semafor at four, Boston.com goes paid and the dwindling of free ad-supported news, and the virtues of a distinctive accent in a flattened world.
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Chapters:
00:52 Rackets and Reality
04:35 Answers Without Questions
18:45 Frictionless Future Concerns
33:47 Cointelligence and Delegation
35:42 Slop vs Skill Building
40:09 Paywalls and Platform Wins
45:15 Modern Media Models
55:51 Good Product
01:03:19 Credits
