The Chatbot for Swedish Furniture, Your Home is Too Smart & Apple vs Mixed Reality with Felina Tan, Jen Campbell and Jason Kapadia - Episode 48
A chatbot is for life, not just for 2023.
Everyone seems to want a piece of the AI chatbot pie, even the likes of IKEA and Instagram, prompting the key question: why? Answering that question this week on Disconnected, we have a magnificent return from the lovely Felina Tan, alongside the usual suspects of Jen & Jason!
We touch on homes getting too smart, changes to YouTube’s Partner Programme, and whether Apple’s Vision Pro can shake off the problems plaguing mixed reality headsets that have come before…
This episode of Disconnected covers:
Whether it’s worth being an influencer anymore
Apple’s Vision Pro vs the jaded history of mixed reality
Smart homes being made too smart
IKEA and Instagram hopping on board the chatbot hype train
Meta’s hope of creating a Twitter rival
Episode Highlights:
“Anyone who's creating long form content might not have three public uploads in the last 90 days. They might be spending their time making good quality long form content that takes longer than that. So that cuts out a whole part of the market, it does move even further towards short form content being key.” - 2:10 - Jen Campbell
“Even the introductory video of the Vision Pro didn't get me very excited. I am worried that it's going to be another novelty tech where everyone's going to rush to get it when it's released. But then a few months down the road, it'll start collecting dust in your home because people haven't found a good use case for it.” - 6:30 - Felina Tan
“I have a cousin who kitted out his house with all these smart gadgets, wires in the wall, etc. He went all out, but this was pre-COVID. Now already, some of the equipment that he's got has reached the end of life. You've got this situation with no security updates, so things could easily be hacked. ” - 13:15 - Jason Kapadia
“A researcher has actually leaked some screenshots that show Instagram’s new AI Agents, as they call it. They’ll answer questions, give advice and help users write messages, but most interestingly, you'll be able to give your chatbot one of 30 different personalities.” - 17:30 - Jason Kapadia
“I think with this new Twitter platform from Meta, there's no differentiator. There's nothing to be excited about. We've got so many apps on the App Store and I think people are trying to streamline their lives.” - 24:30 - Felina Tan
Links & references:
Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/
Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/
Felina Tan: