Dylan Field

At some point, we made it more concrete, and now it feels like it's time to make it a bit more abstract again. But yeah, I think that in terms of how I think about what AI can do in the applications, I think that it's both underhyped and overhyped at the same time somehow.

At some point, we made it more concrete, and now it feels like it's time to make it a bit more abstract again. But yeah, I think that in terms of how I think about what AI can do in the applications, I think that it's both underhyped and overhyped at the same time somehow.

I feel like the reasoning capabilities in my Go and Pro mode right now, when I'm recording this on January 10th, it's still underhyped. Yeah. In a week, everything can be different. It's AI timelines. That still seems underhyped as of right now. I've felt that way for the past month.

I feel like the reasoning capabilities in my Go and Pro mode right now, when I'm recording this on January 10th, it's still underhyped. Yeah. In a week, everything can be different. It's AI timelines. That still seems underhyped as of right now. I've felt that way for the past month.

Well, there's a leap from O1 Preview to O1 Pro Mode in terms of just how much compute is used, I think. Or perhaps it's something about the way they've trained it. But the level of analysis and thoughtfulness that is now included in answers, the level of intent that can be detected from your prompt, You don't have to be as mechanical about prompting things, actually.

Well, there's a leap from O1 Preview to O1 Pro Mode in terms of just how much compute is used, I think. Or perhaps it's something about the way they've trained it. But the level of analysis and thoughtfulness that is now included in answers, the level of intent that can be detected from your prompt, You don't have to be as mechanical about prompting things, actually.

And the outcomes are just quite good. I mean, I use it for so many things now. It's the first time I felt like there's something that resembles intelligence on the other end. I get to work a lot with lawyers. And with O1 Pro Mode, I can often get a sense of what are the important things to cover in a legal call before I have the call. So I can have like a shorter billable hour. Yeah.

And the outcomes are just quite good. I mean, I use it for so many things now. It's the first time I felt like there's something that resembles intelligence on the other end. I get to work a lot with lawyers. And with O1 Pro Mode, I can often get a sense of what are the important things to cover in a legal call before I have the call. So I can have like a shorter billable hour. Yeah.

How do you prompt it? If you can actually get conceptual material out in preparation for a conversation with somebody generates a lot of efficiency and lets you short circuit to the things that matter. It's been excellent as a learning tool. I can deep dive on concepts that are not ones I've encountered and it has very good knowledge broadly and is much more accurate.

How do you prompt it? If you can actually get conceptual material out in preparation for a conversation with somebody generates a lot of efficiency and lets you short circuit to the things that matter. It's been excellent as a learning tool. I can deep dive on concepts that are not ones I've encountered and it has very good knowledge broadly and is much more accurate.

At the same time, I feel like it's overhyped to AI in general. It feels like there's still very much this outer loop that exists around AI. It's like it can do things for us much faster, and yet we have to help it maneuver. We have to give it guidance. Yes, it's getting better at predicting intent, but it's not all the way there at all.

At the same time, I feel like it's overhyped to AI in general. It feels like there's still very much this outer loop that exists around AI. It's like it can do things for us much faster, and yet we have to help it maneuver. We have to give it guidance. Yes, it's getting better at predicting intent, but it's not all the way there at all.

And so, yeah, it's this interesting period where I think people see where things could go if everything was perfect, but it's just not perfect. I don't expect it to be for a very long time. I think in the context of Figma, we really thought about our AI efforts as lowering the floor but raising the ceiling. One example of that is, how do we generate a first draft for you?

And so, yeah, it's this interesting period where I think people see where things could go if everything was perfect, but it's just not perfect. I don't expect it to be for a very long time. I think in the context of Figma, we really thought about our AI efforts as lowering the floor but raising the ceiling. One example of that is, how do we generate a first draft for you?

This isn't going to be a system that's going to generate the final output. But if we can make a first draft that then you can go off of, build off of, iterate on, explore the tree of possibilities with, then hopefully you can get to the point where you're able to deep dive on one of those possibilities, understand the trade-offs, and bring even more craft to your zine.

This isn't going to be a system that's going to generate the final output. But if we can make a first draft that then you can go off of, build off of, iterate on, explore the tree of possibilities with, then hopefully you can get to the point where you're able to deep dive on one of those possibilities, understand the trade-offs, and bring even more craft to your zine.

My sense is that the amount of software that will be created will continue to go up exponentially. We've been on an exponential curve, but it's going to go more vertical. And so then what's the differentiator? It's design, it's craft. And it's really important to make sure that you bring that if you want to stand out in the market.

My sense is that the amount of software that will be created will continue to go up exponentially. We've been on an exponential curve, but it's going to go more vertical. And so then what's the differentiator? It's design, it's craft. And it's really important to make sure that you bring that if you want to stand out in the market.

I saw a tweet recently and I wish I remember who posted it. I can't find it for the life of me, but sorry, whoever it was, I'm not attributing you. But it was something like, as a designer, I'm not worried about AI replacing my job because a product manager can't even prompt me the right way. Yeah. And I feel like that's super true.

I saw a tweet recently and I wish I remember who posted it. I can't find it for the life of me, but sorry, whoever it was, I'm not attributing you. But it was something like, as a designer, I'm not worried about AI replacing my job because a product manager can't even prompt me the right way. Yeah. And I feel like that's super true.