[mattgreenrocks]

> And that's not on me: it's because Google literally didn't talk about a single other thing.

Most tech companies don't have a whole lot to show right now, so AI sucks up all the oxygen in the room. This becomes a feedback loop with the stock market, too.

> There's this weird vapid MBA brain drain in charge everywhere.

Yep. And Apple's playing along as well. Their latest WWDC presentation has the most weird tone I've ever seen in their presentations ever: "we added some AI features and they're pretty cool I guess...also it's super private! Here's all the ways it's kept private."

So much hedging going on. So little excitement. Because they're just playing to someone else's tune, and they're not good at doing that.

[refulgentis]

2004 Apple with AI: we need to get 100 people locked down and working on Finder 2.0 with this, and keep execs focused on reviewing it wholeheartedly. this year, let's lol at vista security via confirmation dialogs, vs our best in class OS.

2024 Apple with AI: this is our best year ever. Look at our CTOs hair. We fixed Siri being eons behind, now if it thinks ChatGPT can help you can tap a confirmation dialogue.