It's a product review episode! We take a look at the new Google NotebookLM AI studio that tries to help people synthesize data sources into digestible materials like videos, podcasts, flashcards, and more. But the conversation quickly (and unsurprisingly) devolves into a debate over whether humans need to remain in the loop with tools like this and how the current generation of GenAI seems to be attempting to replace us rather than help us. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E059: Should Google NotebookLM Keep the Human in the Loop first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

Whether it's working with engineering teams on story point estimations or managing the feedback from marginalized user bases, good Product Management requires you to be adaptable to the situation and try new things. Sometimes that's scary. Welcome to corporate life. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E058: Product flexibility will lead to better outcomes first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

Well, that WAS going to be the title of the episode. What started as a conversation over vibe coding tools and the challenges of paying a corporation who is subsidizing their Generative AI models to help you do your critical thinking quickly got diverted onto benefits fraud, politicians who lie to you, and whether or not Kevin is allowed to break capitalism to fix things. It's a contentious episode our first week back after the hiatus. It's a heated debate about the relationship between people's perception of benefits fraud, capitalism, and the welfare system. We dig into whether you can or should try to address fraud in social welfare, the role of government in providing benefits, and the challenges of reforming capitalism. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E057: Outsourcing your brain to AI is bad, actually first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

Sometimes the better answer is to not do anything at all. If you can't prove the value of a feature or that the effort to achieve that value is worth it, saying "no" to the idea is often the best course of action. We also look at scenarios where Product Managers and Engineers can benefit from being users of their own software, as well as the benefits of having competitors you can "borrow" inspiration from. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E056: Learning when NOT to build that cool new feature first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

Kevin gets a little spicy in this bleep-filled episode discussing the latest changes to Meta's policies around fact-checking and hate speech. Trans rights are human rights, and bowing to pressure from Trump and Republicans on letting people use slurs and lie to each other poisons the well for the rest of us. Content warning for difficult discussions of trans rights, vaccines and autism, and a variety of things Meta has now decided aren't worth blocking. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E055: Mark Zuckerberg and Meta bend the knee to bigotry first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

Chinese LLM company Deep Seek upended the AI market this week with a new AI model that is comparable to ChatGPT and other AIs but appears to have cost barely $5 million to create. At one-twentieth the cost of Open AI, Meta, and others' models, it begs the question: what the hell is the US market for AI doing asking for $500 BILLION right now?? Also, we look at Google's quantum computing breakthroughs and debate whether physicists actually know what they're even talking about. A conversation we're both equally capable of handling :) Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E054: Is Deep Seek’s AI the ultimate disruptor? first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

We tackle some more Reddit questions, including someone who's looking for ways to track their teams' mood, how to find a mentor, how often to constructively criticize your agile process, and whether fixing every bug is bad, actually. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E053: Is there value in fixing every bug? first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

From understanding why UX designs don't always translate to the actual front-end code, to finding the creativity and joy in maintaining other people's code, it's another Reddit grab bag. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E052: Why don’t front-ends look like the superior UX designs? first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

We dig into some recent news, looking at an AI firm that is trying to use machine learning to predict effective crop breeds, whether AI companies have run into scaling roadblocks, and how Uber and Lyft are trying to screw drivers in NYC. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E051: Uber & Lyft try to screw their drivers, and can AI make better crops? first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

The chances for TikTok seem to be getting slimmer by the day as a US Appeals Court upheld the ban signed by Joe Biden in April 2024. We discuss the impacts of social media and the Australian ban on under-age consumption of social media, and the concerns over trying to put age verification systems on all of the internet. Plus, we start with a quick look at the Hawk Tuah bitcoin scam. Morons are all around us. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E050: The looming TikTok ban in the US and Australia’s under-age social media ban first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

We dive in to some more Reddit questions and help a few folks out. From figuring out why it seems like executives can't remember past decisions you asked them to make, to understanding what a typical day should look like for an Enterprise Architect, we have no shortage of opinions to share. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E049: Is executive amnesia real, or do you need to do a better job communicating? first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

Have you checked out Bluesky, the latest Twitter alternative that seems to be finding traction? Have you heard about "ghost jobs" that clog job listing sites with opportunities that aren't real? This week we look at some recent news stories, including Snowflake's entry into the data orchestration market, and Amazon's struggles to get Alexa up to par with ChatGPT. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E048: Bluesky is the new kid on the social network block, plus the cruelty of “ghost jobs” first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

When the UnitedHealthcare CEO was killed last week, the social media outpouring was less sympathetic than some people might have hoped. We talk about why that might be and how we're on the precipice of something that may only get worse. Also, Google f*cked around and found out, and the DOJ is recommending they be forced to deal with the consequences of their monopolistic abuses of the online search market. Which naturally led us to a long debate on gun safety. Obviously. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E047: UnitedHealthcare and Google suffer the consequences of their actions first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

We answer some more Reddit questions this week, from helping a junior Product Manager find ways of telling people “no” without making them feel like they were told “no” to suggesting ways to help a startup PM get past the Shiny Object Syndrome of their CEO and making sure clients will actually pay for the […] The post E046: The art of saying “no” and battling Shiny Object Syndrome first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

We dive back into Reddit this week to answer some questions and hopefully help some folks out. From a team where product managers are rewarded for sneaking features into releases, to a VP who is obsessed with RACI charts, a theme emerged this week of "everything in moderation" as our overarching recommendation. There's also a question of what to say when your boss asks you "to be more strategic" and look at a Zendesk email spoofing hack that got us onto a tangent about Salesforce and Jira. As one does. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E045: Is being “strategic” critical to Product & Engineering success? first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

This week we take a look at some recent news stories, from Meta's new Orion AR glasses to a Noble-prize-winning machine learning model and Google's disastrous attempt to replace perfectly good tech with an LLM chat bot in its Android phones. To read about John Mulaney's roast at the Salesforce conference, check out the article from Tech Crunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/19/john-mulaney-skewers-san-francisco-at-dreamforce/ Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E044: Will Augmented Reality glasses destroy your right to privacy? first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

Continuing on from our last episode digging in to how self-driving cars work, this week we're taking a look at the state of the industry with some news stories about Tesla, Apple, GM, and Google's Waymo. From poor safety records to massive companies pulling out of the market, the current state of the industry doesn't look great for consumers. It also gives Kevin a chance to return to his favorite topic: bashing Elon Musk and dissecting all of Musk's terrible choices. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E043: The looming self-driving car duopoly is bad, actually first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

This week we look at the tech behind self-driving cars and debate whether today's GPUs are able to make decisions faster than the human brain and the ethics of whether your self-driving car should kill you to save the lives of the drivers around you. Good luck to the software engineers who need to sleep at night after trying to solve the trolley problem. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E042: How self-driving cars work and the ethics of a literal trolley problem first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

It's another news round-up as we look at the legal consequences facing Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, for enabling some pretty dark stuff on his end-to-end encryption chat app. Meanwhile, Boeing's woes continue as the Starliner has completely failed and stranded two astronauts on the ISS until February. We also dig into the latest in the epidemic of security breaches that have almost certainly put your personal information at risk, the failure of companies to entice workers back to the office, and a truly ridiculous new feature for Google's Android phones. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E041: Telegram and Boeing f***ed around and found out first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.

Unsurprisingly, we get a little heated this week as we return to everyone's favorite Kevin-vs-Andrew debate: AI We look at a few recent news stories where AI is the focus, including Microsoft's CEO for AI claiming that all content on the internet is free for them to steal to train the LLM models, a new app called Showrunner that wants to replace writers, directors, actors, and everyone involved in creating TV and movies with AI, whether social media and Ticketmaster need to outsource protecting their customers to AI-enabled partners, and a look at the stock market's shaky opinion of the AI bubble. Or is it a balloon that's simply deflating, only to inflate again another day? Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E040: Is the AI bubble about to burst? first appeared on Acceptance Criteria.