Ohneis - The Pattern

Why Typing to AI Is a Design Failure | with Lauren

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609857/fan_mail/new] Every time you've struggled to describe what you want to an AI, that frustration wasn't your fault — it was a design failure hiding in plain sight. Ohneis and Lauren break down why the chat box is a 40-year step backwards, why 'prompt engineering' was always a bad joke, and what the next generation of AI interfaces will actually feel like to use. This one will change how you see your screen.

The End of Apps: Apple's Invisible Butler Revolution | with Matt

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609857/fan_mail/new] For 15 years, 'there's an app for that' defined how we use our phones. Now Apple is quietly killing that entire paradigm — and replacing it with AI agents that act for you, invisibly, in the background. Ohneis sits down with Matt to break down Apple's historic leadership change, the secret chip war brewing in Silicon Valley, and why the next iPhone might not want you to look at the screen at all.

AI Shrinkflation: Are You Paying for a Dumber Robot? | with Carla

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609857/fan_mail/new] Something changed with your AI, and nobody told you. Ohneis and Carla dig into the 'AI Shrinkflation' scandal — why Anthropic's Claude 4.6 suddenly feels lazier, what a 67% drop in thinking time actually means for your work, and whether we've just hit the physical limits of the AI boom. If you pay $20 a month for an AI assistant, this episode is for you.

The AI Intern Unchained: Your Digital Worker Has Arrived | with Nigel

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609857/fan_mail/new] For years, we've been talking to AI. Now it's starting to work for us. Ohneis and Nigel break down the shift from chatbots to autonomous AI agents, why tech giants are hoarding memory chips and quietly making your next phone more expensive, and what it actually means to have a digital co-worker that doesn't clock out. The prompt box is dead — here's what comes next.

One-Click Commercials: How AI Video Changed Everything | with Charlotte

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2609857/fan_mail/new] AI video generation went from a lab curiosity to a tool that can produce a Hollywood-grade 60-second commercial for less than a dollar — and the internet is already flooded with footage nobody can tell isn't real. Ohneis and Charlotte break open the black box: how a computer actually hallucinates a moving picture from scratch, why OpenAI just killed its most famous video app, and what this means for every small business owner with a phone and a dream. If you've ever wondered how the sausage gets made, this is the episode.