Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Sora: dead Atlas: dead "adult mode": dead Abilene expansion: dead OpenAI IPO: dead Tell me again about "inevitability"theverge.comThe ChatGPT browser is already deadChatGPT Atlas didn’t even last a year. 6542221383
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Damn this really blew up. Uhhh subscribe to my newsletter?productpicnic.beehiiv.comHome | The Product PicnicWriting on UX and product management to connect today's discourse with classic insights that the industry forgot. 1582
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026It's entirely by humans (me) and for humans (you) and I probably rag on AI every second issue but there's also other stuffPavel@spavel.bsky.socialUsers hate AI. So tech made it mandatory. Even if you don't use it, it pollutes what you read and how systems make decisions. The computer's hallucinated word is final. And it needs all of your data to do it. In the age of no consent, UX exists to normalized complete acquiescence to surveillance:productpicnic.beehiiv.comThe AI age is the "age of no consent""Inevitability" means design decisions are no longer informed by user needs; now they are unilaterally imposed. The users are the ones being designed. 1643
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