Casey Newton

And we're just kind of in that liftoff stage. And this stuff is starting to... accumulate. These chatbot assistants are getting better and better. A lot of people probably watched the demo that OpenAI had this week where they've made this assistant that has this uncannily emotional voice. It's like actively flirting with you now. I was watching their videos. It's crazy.

And we're just kind of in that liftoff stage. And this stuff is starting to... accumulate. These chatbot assistants are getting better and better. A lot of people probably watched the demo that OpenAI had this week where they've made this assistant that has this uncannily emotional voice. It's like actively flirting with you now. I was watching their videos. It's crazy.

Yeah, another way I would put that is just like, I want the benefits to be a little bit more evenly distributed, right? I know that the majority of the spoils here are going to go to the companies that do the most innovation. And I'm basically fine with that. But again, when you flashback and think about what Google was like in the early 2000s, I just feel like we had a better bargain.

Yeah, another way I would put that is just like, I want the benefits to be a little bit more evenly distributed, right? I know that the majority of the spoils here are going to go to the companies that do the most innovation. And I'm basically fine with that. But again, when you flashback and think about what Google was like in the early 2000s, I just feel like we had a better bargain.

Yeah, another way I would put that is just like, I want the benefits to be a little bit more evenly distributed, right? I know that the majority of the spoils here are going to go to the companies that do the most innovation. And I'm basically fine with that. But again, when you flashback and think about what Google was like in the early 2000s, I just feel like we had a better bargain.

We got a guide to the web that was really fast and easy to use and reliable. They got a bunch of advertising revenue. And there was a rising tide that was lifting all boats. And what I'm worried about is that tide has now sort of, I don't know, come in and washed out a lot of what was on the shore. And Google is going to be the last boat. boat standing or whatever.

We got a guide to the web that was really fast and easy to use and reliable. They got a bunch of advertising revenue. And there was a rising tide that was lifting all boats. And what I'm worried about is that tide has now sort of, I don't know, come in and washed out a lot of what was on the shore. And Google is going to be the last boat. boat standing or whatever.

We got a guide to the web that was really fast and easy to use and reliable. They got a bunch of advertising revenue. And there was a rising tide that was lifting all boats. And what I'm worried about is that tide has now sort of, I don't know, come in and washed out a lot of what was on the shore. And Google is going to be the last boat. boat standing or whatever.

I've sort of lost track of this metaphor. I don't know if Google is a boat now. It's gone completely away from me. But if you just sort of imagine them as a large thing that survived whatever I was talking about, that's what it would be.

I've sort of lost track of this metaphor. I don't know if Google is a boat now. It's gone completely away from me. But if you just sort of imagine them as a large thing that survived whatever I was talking about, that's what it would be.

I've sort of lost track of this metaphor. I don't know if Google is a boat now. It's gone completely away from me. But if you just sort of imagine them as a large thing that survived whatever I was talking about, that's what it would be.

Well, I mean, set the journalists aside for it. I mean, this is something else I think is important to say so people don't just think we're navel-gazing about our own industry. Google does not only deliver traffic to publishers. It's how people discover all sorts of businesses, right?

Well, I mean, set the journalists aside for it. I mean, this is something else I think is important to say so people don't just think we're navel-gazing about our own industry. Google does not only deliver traffic to publishers. It's how people discover all sorts of businesses, right?

Well, I mean, set the journalists aside for it. I mean, this is something else I think is important to say so people don't just think we're navel-gazing about our own industry. Google does not only deliver traffic to publishers. It's how people discover all sorts of businesses, right?

You move to a new town, you need a dry cleaner, you need a dog walker, you want to know some cool restaurants or cool bars. Right now, imperfect as it is, all of those things can like jockey for a position. They can go to the search engine optimizers and they can get some tips.

You move to a new town, you need a dry cleaner, you need a dog walker, you want to know some cool restaurants or cool bars. Right now, imperfect as it is, all of those things can like jockey for a position. They can go to the search engine optimizers and they can get some tips.

You move to a new town, you need a dry cleaner, you need a dog walker, you want to know some cool restaurants or cool bars. Right now, imperfect as it is, all of those things can like jockey for a position. They can go to the search engine optimizers and they can get some tips.

And hopefully if they're a really good restaurant or a really good dry cleaner, they'll pop up to the top of search results. And they might not even have to buy a Google ad, right? Like they can compete just by being really good.

And hopefully if they're a really good restaurant or a really good dry cleaner, they'll pop up to the top of search results. And they might not even have to buy a Google ad, right? Like they can compete just by being really good.

And hopefully if they're a really good restaurant or a really good dry cleaner, they'll pop up to the top of search results. And they might not even have to buy a Google ad, right? Like they can compete just by being really good.