Intelligence Snacks 75 - The Internet After AI

If AI can imitate a person on a video call, what happens to trust online? Pete and Andy discuss the promise of an infinitely patient language tutor alongside the obvious opportunities for scammers. That leads to a broader question about the dead internet - as public feeds fill with bots and disposable content, could more of our useful online lives move into group chats, trusted communities and real-world connections? Andy introduces Sally, a small MacBook notch app that lets him post and schedule tweets without opening the feed. Pete shares his own work on shipping Wingman builds and finding better ways to direct agents. Editable flow diagrams, whiteboards and small custom editors offer ways to review work, show what needs to change and catch misunderstandings before implementation. The conversation turns to how much documentation fast-moving work actually needs. Pete and Andy weigh lasting reference material against plans that become stale within an hour, and discuss why quicker iterations can help people make better decisions. They finish with Andy’s experiment using Jev to review AI writing: flagging abstraction, unnecessary language and signposting so the drafting agent can improve its writing quality. **Key Moments:** - [00:02] Welcome to Episode 75, recorded back at the beach. - [01:25] A human interaction model prompts two immediate thoughts: personal tuition and convincing scams. - [03:00] Dead internet theory, public feeds and the value of connecting with people you trust. - [03:23] Nostr and the difference between a community of connections and a global megaphone. - [06:16] The retreat into group chats and moderated spaces where people can reject unwanted AI content. - [07:28] AI could amplify both productive work and passive consumption. - [08:21] The appeal of experiences where conversations are neither recorded nor broadcast. - [09:51] Andy introduces Sally: posting to X from his MacBook notch without entering the feed. - [13:51] Rescheduling posts across time zones and being more deliberate about social media use. - [15:56] Exercising the shipping muscle; Pete describes automated Wingman builds for TestFlight and Zapstore. - [18:36] Rick’s Artifacts becomes a place to build small tools for editing, comparing versions and reviewing work. - [20:32] Flow diagrams make components, actions and changes of state easier to inspect. - [24:47] Agree on the current state, draw the future state, then give the agent a clear implementation target. - [28:31] Context trees and wiki-style documents help agents find relevant projects, processes and references. - [33:07] How much documentation do you still need when building and changing software becomes cheap? - [37:38] Working as an individual with agents, and why visible wiki links can be easier to trust than a complex graph. - [40:50] Turning exploratory conversations into focused implementation threads across separate systems. - [43:58] Longer agent runs can weaken the feedback loop; Pete wants to see what the finished change will do. - [47:08] Andy experiments with Jev as a separate reviewer for the Intelligence Snacks writing pipeline. - [51:29] Specific review questions and confidence scores help identify passages that need editing. - [52:58] Could generating several drafts and comparing them produce better writing? - [54:24] The aim for the website and newsletter: summaries that are accurate and enjoyable to read. **Projects and ideas mentioned:** Sally, X, Nostr, Wingman, Flight Deck, Tower, Autopilot, Rick’s Artifacts, TestFlight, Zapstore, Obsidian, visual flow diagrams, context trees and Jev. **Closing thought:** “What matters more is that you can connect to people, not necessarily that you are connected to everyone.” — Pete