Vicki Boykis: my 20-year mental model of building products on the internet collapsed
vboykis · x · 2026-11-03
ML practitioner Vicki Boykis says what scares her about AI isn't AGI doom scenarios, but that her 20-year mental model of how the internet and product building worked has completely fallen apart — with nothing new and concrete yet to replace it. A widely resonant take on how AI has invalidated the old rules of distribution, traffic, and product judgment for experienced practitioners.
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