Balance your business goals and user needs by working out if your features are any good — As a product manager, I’ve always had an unhealthy obsession with metrics. They are like a siren call, drawing me in with promises of success and customer satisfaction. I’ve spent countless hours poring over spreadsheets and statistics, searching for the elusive formula to unlock the secrets of product success and…

No part of this article was written by an AI, just a flawed human… — This is the first year I’ve worried I will lose my job to a machine. My solution? Work while you can. I know that sounds kind of obvious, but it’s really the only thing I can think to do. In 2022 we witnessed assistive AIs become more competent at performing…

Stealing ideas doesn’t have to result in imposter syndrome. If anything, copying helps reveal our most authentic selves. — More than 70% of people in the workplace feel they have experienced ‘imposter’ thoughts at some point in their lives. …

Be opinionated, embrace criticism, and improve the arguments of others. — Imagine being handed a ‘mission impossible’: You have just five weeks to build a groundbreaking generative AI product, and you’re doing it with a team that’s never worked together before. The odds are stacked against you — according to Gartner, a mere 53% of machine learning projects progress from prototype…

Achieving super AI alignment through super team alignment. — Way before Siri could tell a joke or Alexa could play our favourite tune, HAL 9000 from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ was serving us a masterclass in computers getting… well, a tad too emotional. …

Hot cross fun: from baking disaster to ChatGPT Masterchef — As a product manager and part-time coder, I’ve seen first-hand the value of taking some text or code and using ChatGPT to help me infinitely improve it. But what happens when we apply such cutting-edge tech to an age-old challenge like baking? Specifically, the notoriously tricky Hot Cross buns? Hot…

The fact our Presence is better Protected by Obligation than Intention will always make us better than machines — Imagine a world where AI systems have overtaken nearly every aspect of our lives, from the arts to decision-making. Every day we question more the dangers of AI stripping away our privacy, decreasing human interaction and even reducing personal growth. …

The real power of language models like ChatGPT is not generating ideas; rather, it’s ability to reframe them. — “Nobody is an expert in any of this text generation stuff,” proclaimed the moderator, “simply by being here today and considering these concepts, you are all experts.” …

Innovation is a critical driver of economic growth, but major breakthroughs have been decreasing for decades. — Bill Gates once remarked that “The idea that innovation is slowing down is one of the stupidest things anybody ever said.” But today, I want to convince you of the exact opposite. That not only is technological innovation slowing down, but it has been doing so for decades. It’s only…