[Weekly Retro] The new era of digital labor
#205 - Jan.2025
Happy Friday!
💡 Here is a quick idea before you head off to the weekend:
Some people are saying that SaaS is dead.
Others are welcoming the new wave of digital labor.
Everyone is betting on the AI agent trend. (OpenAI just released his own version).
The copilots ("let's do this together") have evolved to independent agents ("do this for me"). This is clearly the new chapter of work delegation to technology.
Agents are autonomous by nature.
Designing for autonomous behavior means designing for imperfection: designing and developing systems that allow users to explore multiple outcomes, provide feedback, and keep control over AI's actions.
New innovation waves open up opportunities for new design skills and patterns. It is an opportunity to reinvent yourself.
Is the next wave about embodying agents into robotic physical machines?
Who knows...
🚀 Mars?
When Earth and Mars are at their closest approach, the closest distance is approximately 54 million kilometers. There's a long way to go...
Source: xkcd
👨🏻💻 Interesting links
Noomo Agency
Scotch
🖋️ Quote of the week
“In quoting others, we cite ourselves.” – Julio Cortazar
