Geoffrey Huntley: AI is a time compression device for exploring idea space
kieranklaassen · x · 2026-09-23
Geoffrey Huntley offers a widely echoed metaphor: AI is a time compression device — it lets you try many ideas fast. They won't all ship, but you can do unhinged exploration of the possibility space; sometimes just knowing something is possible is valuable, and composing those insights (A+B) is what makes C actually ship.
He was responding to a developer arguing the right use of model capabilities isn't shipping 10x more features, but spending more time understanding users, running experiments, and building prototypes that actually work.
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