Discovery In The AI Era

<p>Christian Idiodi sits down with Teresa Torres, author of &quot;Continuous Discovery Habits&quot; and host of the &quot;Just Now Possible&quot; podcast, for a candid conversation about what 15 months of building AI products has changed in her thinking, and what it hasn&#39;t. Teresa explains why she started out refusing to let AI anywhere near discovery, and what flipped her: a broken ankle, a research finding that AI raises the floor for novices and the ceiling for experts, and the realization that Claude learned interview synthesis faster than any human she&#39;d taught. </p><p>–</p><p>Today&#39;s discussion unpacks:<br>• Why AI raises the floor for novices and the ceiling for experts<br>• The case for an AI interviewer, and its hard limit<br>• Synthetic users vs. digital twins: two very different bets<br>• What it costs an individual to be the change maker</p><p>–</p><p>References:<br>• AI Evals: A Hands-on Guide for Product Teams: <a href="https://www.producttalk.org/ai-evals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.producttalk.org/ai-evals/</a><br>• Customer Interview Analysis: Where AI Helps and Hurts: <a href="https://www.producttalk.org/customer-interview-analysis-ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.producttalk.org/customer-interview-analysis-ai/</a><br>• Ellen Brandenberger: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenbrandenberger/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenbrandenberger/</a><br>• Hamel Husain: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamelhusain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamelhusain/</a><br>• Indi Young: <a href="https://indiyoung.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indiyoung.com/</a><br>• Marty Cagan: <a href="https://www.svpg.com/team/marty-cagan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.svpg.com/team/marty-cagan/</a><br>• Maven, AI Evals for Engineers &amp; PMs: <a href="https://maven.com/parlance-labs/evals" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://maven.com/parlance-labs/evals</a><br>• NotebookLM: <a href="https://notebooklm.google.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://notebooklm.google.com/</a><br>• Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: <a href="https://www.momtestbook.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.momtestbook.com/</a><br>• Shreya Shankar: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrshnk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ht