There is a lot coming because of AI, and much of is not good. There’s not a ton of awful things to expect, but a lot of just… yuck. Like I shared yesterday, I suspect we’ll see more spam email, more AI-powered chatbots, more automated social posts, and just a lot of “we don’t need humans for that anymore”.
However, there are things to love about what AI can bring that go beyond just saying “we can be more efficient”. For example, here are three simple ones that we’re already starting to see:
Search and augment my notes
AI is doing some neat things with note-taking, among them being the ability to search and synthesize my notes, as well as add a bit more context to them. Being able to talk to an AI about my notes while I’m in them is pretty neat, and it will continue to improve rapidly.
Search my team’s notes
I thought we’d have this by now, but hopefully soon. For our team, essentially everything is in Google Workspace. We use it for email, calendars, documents, spreadsheets, video calls, Analytics, and more. I expect very soon to be able to ask “how many design comps did we promise Acme?” or “when did Sara and I discuss her challenges with MailChimp?” and get an instant answer. It’ll be awesome.
Medical care
I’m perhaps most excited about this, because the current and near future implications are giving us the best of both worlds; AI help, but with a doctor backing it so you don’t need to be scared of the outcomes. For example, AI is becoming quite good at identifying abnormal x-rays and when it finds a problem a doctor can pull it up to confirm or deny. This is huge time-savings, it will decrease missed findings, and should lead to better outcomes for many.
I think it’s inevitable that we’re going to see far too many companies touting AI advances of “Send 10x the email to your prospects” or “Outsource your customer support to our new AI bots”, but there is a lot of good coming too.
What are some good things you hope to see from AI in the coming years?
