Scott Belsky’s Post

latest edition explores implications around: (1) making sense of the rapid displacement of startups and “the best model” rat race, (2) how “artifacts of humanity” and Content Credentials will become a human flex of sorts… https://lnkd.in/ecGZKMvr

what a killer edition of IMPLICATIONS scheduled for next week... (1) we'll make some sense of the rapid displacement of startups and “the best AI model” rat race (2) we'll explore how "artifacts of humanity" will become the ultimate flex for makers of all kinds. 💪 - may be a bit spicy. implications.com

LinkedIn onboard with Content Credentials. Good step in the new world of content and the era where we can no longer believe our eyes.

looking forward to some time with (and in) the Parisian tech and creative community; if you're at VivaTech be sure to come say hi.

I am remembering the mobile platform shift era when entire cohorts of startups kept trying to one-up each other with features until they were broadly displaced annually upon every WWDC as new OS-level native apps and capabilities were announced. News and weather apps, geo tracking tools, etc… (especially apps without network effects) My takeaway: the speed of displacement is a signal of two likely outcomes: Either a path to commoditization based on the sheer speed of innovation and displacement, or a platform-level innovation resulting in displacement. Perhaps we call this “the law of displacement speed:" When a platform shift enables apps or services to rapidly displace each other at a fast and regular cadence, the result is either commoditization (rapid displacement of each other) or a platform-level displacement. (you can expect some further exploration of this in the next edition of Implications.com - spoiler alert: I think the big platforms of every function in the enterprise, and the major platform OS's we use as consumers, are best positioned)

One of the projects I am most proud of over the last 5 years at Adobe is the Content Authenticity Initiative. My colleague Dana, our General Counsel, wrote a blog summarizing some recent progress like getting OpenAI and TikTok on board, among other updates. For the era where we can no longer believe our eyes, this open source initiative is critical...

cool workflow here shared by a customer: use (private beta) 3D illustration tool Project Neo to create an asset that you can use as a “structure reference” for a prompt in Firefly. when we play with new tools, new possibilities emerge

innovation in big companies happens in small teams led by a “founder,” w/ collapsed talent stacks (where the eng or designer is also the pm, etc), and out of cadence of frenetic crowded stakeholder reviews littered w/ directions based on thin slice judgments from people who are swooping in with incumbent mentality and without context. don’t scale the new thing until it’s nailed with true PMF. until that point, let it be the exception to most rules that govern big company functions and products.

thinking about the overwhelming human need to be a part of something “greater than yourself” and feel belonging, especially in our earlier and more insecure years - and especially in college. this vulnerable source of energy can be leveraged for good OR abused and misguided so easily by exploitative hate-fueled agendas.

thinking: AI will help us take far more informed and drastically lower cost risk. you’ll be able to test the far edges of your imagination in all sorts of ways (think AI focus groups, playing out every scenario, etc). this raises the ceiling of what’s possible by building our conviction in bold ideas that were once too risky/crazy to explore. i’m curious about how this infusion of creative confidence will transform problem solving in any field…