Ohneis - The Pattern
Tech, AI, design, and the hidden logic behind it all.
Episodes
14 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...
Happy Horse Just Crushed The AI Video Race | with Laura
A mysterious AI tool called Happy Horse just topped every global leaderboard for AI video generation — and it was secretly built by Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant. Ohneis breaks down why OpenAI is retreating from the video race, what Alibaba's ...
Two Dollars a Minute for Digital Jesus: Faith Meets AI | with Talia
Millions of people are turning to AI-powered spiritual guides — including a video-call Jesus that costs $1.99 a minute. In this episode, Ohneis and Talia unpack the booming faith-tech industry, from Buddhist chatbots to Catholic AI databases, a...
Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Microsoft's Plan to Save Reality | with George
The internet has hit a breaking point — every video, every photo, every breaking news clip now comes with a silent question mark. Microsoft just released a massive blueprint to fix this, not by hunting fakes, but by proving what's actually real...
Why AI Is a Genius That Fails Common Sense | with Hope
AI can write legal contracts and explain quantum physics — then completely fail a logic test a five-year-old would ace. In this episode, Ohneis and Hope break down 'spiky intelligence,' the brand-new un-cheatable benchmark that's stumping the w...
Gen Z vs. AI: The Backlash Nobody Saw Coming | with Ellie
We assumed Gen Z would be AI's biggest fans. We were completely wrong. A new Gallup study shows hopefulness about AI among young adults has collapsed — while anger, fear, and skepticism are spiking fast. Ohneis and Ellie dig into why the most t...
The USB-C of AI: When Chatbots Get Hands
For years, AI was the world's smartest advisor trapped behind a text box—it could tell you exactly what to do, but you still had to do all the actual clicking yourself. In 2026, that's over. AI agents powered by new standards like MCP are break...
The GPS Method: Let AI Do The Heavy Lifting
Most people are using AI completely backwards — spending hours fighting with it instead of letting it work for them. In this episode, we break down a dead-simple method called Pull Prompting that flips the script: instead of you guessing the pe...
The $50,000 App Problem Nobody Told You About
For decades, having a great business idea meant nothing if you couldn't afford a developer or speak the language of code. In this episode, we break down how a new wave of AI tools has completely demolished that wall — letting anyone describe th...
