Scoble Counters 'AI Pushes Business Offline': Positioning Makes Virtual Humans Less Creepy
Scobleizer · x · 2026-10-02
Context
A quoted take argued AI products will push more business in-person, growing conferences and trade shows.
Scoble's response
- The take ignores learning speed: he learns far faster at home on screens; conferences are now mostly for networking, and even that wears thin.
- Cites his Yosemite meeting with Ansel Adams's son and a ranger — the same experience could be an Ansel Adams avatar in Meta VR Glasses with a ranger-like Q&A companion.
- Verdict: the product was "pitched poorly"; all new tech is creepy at first, so you must position away from it or go totally deep end.
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