One of my favorite uses of Generative AI has been transcribing audio.
All of my posts used to be typed. Now, a significant chunk are simply me talking to ChatGPT, which then turns the speech into text reliably.
For years, voice never felt worth it. The editing overhead was higher than just typing. But now the equation has shifted – friction is dramatically lower as the quality is so high. That reduction in friction has changed the workflows.
That’s the interesting thing about AI. We hear grand predictions about human replacement, but the real story (for now at any rate) is that the technology helps make a collection of previously painful things much easier.
Each of these small but high-pain improvements, stitched together, can create real value. And taken as a whole, they hint at the scale of change ahead.
It’s a fascinating time to build technology products.
