I had a front-row seat to Adobe's AI work in both product and research, so I felt pretty strongly that it would be quite hard for any startup to compete with the incumbents distribution, data, and budget for compute. I'm still not sure if I was right or wrong.

Building. Prior: VP at Adobe, GM of Behance, co-founder of the Content Authenticity Initiative, early days at TED. https://williamallen.com

biased since the leaders of it are friends. but it is really incredible. and they are true believers in a) reducing annoying tasks while b) helping everyone be more creative.

photoshop ai tools look incredible

it seems they're trying to enhance productivity than stimulate creativity

what are your thoughts?