Geoffrey Litt

July 2026 Understanding is the new bottleneck This is a written version of a talk I gave at the AI Engineer conference in July 2026, also shared as a tweet thread.

A lot of people say AI will make us all “managers” or “editors”…but I think this is a dangerously incomplete view!

Here’s a thought experiment for pondering the effects AI might have on society: What if we invented teleportation?

In my opinion, one of the best critiques of modern AI design comes from a 1992 talk by the researcher Mark Weiser where he ranted against “copilot” as a metaphor for AI.

The pupil was confused.

Redirecting… This essay lives at Ink & Switch.

There’s a lot of hype these days around patterns for building with AI.

In my opinion, one of the most important ideas in product design is to avoid the “nightmare bicycle”.

I want to tell you about a neat experience I had with AI-assisted programming this week.

Imagine you bake a delicious peach pie over the weekend, and you offer a slice to your friend.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: when people proudly announce how many books they have read in the past 12 months. 10 books, 20 books, 57 books!