Ohneis - The Pattern
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Ohneis - The Pattern
Latest Episodes
Why Typing to AI Is a Design Failure | with Lauren
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'...
The End of Apps: Apple's Invisible Butler Revolution | with Matt
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 App...
AI Shrinkflation: Are You Paying for a Dumber Robot? | with Carla
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...
The AI Intern Unchained: Your Digital Worker Has Arrived | with Nigel
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 wh...
One-Click Commercials: How AI Video Changed Everything | with Charlotte
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 t...