"Can we build it?" is answered, says AI speaker — "Should this exist?" is the whole job now
marilynika · x · 2026-10-02
Speaking at an AI conference, the author skipped the usual "what AI can do" talk and made the room work on what to build instead. Her core claim: "Can we build it?" is already answered — yes, probably by Friday. "Should this exist?" is the whole job now, as near-zero build costs shift the bottleneck from engineering to product judgment.
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