Cluely feels like just the latest evolution of the chaos marketing / meme marketing that Duolingo was the poster child for. It’s the most effective way to get engagement and clicks in the “attention slop” world we’re currently dealing with, but the problem is that it doesn’t make sense for most brands. It’s “entertaining” (for some people I guess lol, not me), but is it actually effective beyond clicks? I don’t think so.
And lol I love this: “what a bunch of nerds who spent their formative college years doing classes via zoom might think ‘cool’ is, packaged up for algorithms that are delighted by things that make people mad.” - so accurate
I think the socioeconomic status reckoning that’s coming with the looming disappearance of white collar work is fascinating - worthy of a big paper. I also keep seeing this question danced around with no real answer - if the promise of AI is unlimited creation (both content and products), with less labor (eliminating jobs), who is going to consume all this stuff if a huge swath of people with typically the most discretionary income are then broke?
BOOP! Hahaha.Been researching the future of work as well…. The Anthropic CEO “50% entry level white collar jobs will be taken over by AI” thing could very well be reversed by more Cluely Roy-esque disruption: What if the entry level class can work smarter/better than seniority. Although the idea of an electrician being worth more than a marketer sounds GLORIOUS…..but what about Teachers. Do we just teach ourselves now?!? Thanks gg
always a 10/10 reading 🤓 🧠
Cluely feels like just the latest evolution of the chaos marketing / meme marketing that Duolingo was the poster child for. It’s the most effective way to get engagement and clicks in the “attention slop” world we’re currently dealing with, but the problem is that it doesn’t make sense for most brands. It’s “entertaining” (for some people I guess lol, not me), but is it actually effective beyond clicks? I don’t think so.
And lol I love this: “what a bunch of nerds who spent their formative college years doing classes via zoom might think ‘cool’ is, packaged up for algorithms that are delighted by things that make people mad.” - so accurate
I think the socioeconomic status reckoning that’s coming with the looming disappearance of white collar work is fascinating - worthy of a big paper. I also keep seeing this question danced around with no real answer - if the promise of AI is unlimited creation (both content and products), with less labor (eliminating jobs), who is going to consume all this stuff if a huge swath of people with typically the most discretionary income are then broke?
BOOP! Hahaha.Been researching the future of work as well…. The Anthropic CEO “50% entry level white collar jobs will be taken over by AI” thing could very well be reversed by more Cluely Roy-esque disruption: What if the entry level class can work smarter/better than seniority. Although the idea of an electrician being worth more than a marketer sounds GLORIOUS…..but what about Teachers. Do we just teach ourselves now?!? Thanks gg