Behind the Craft

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Nate is the designer at Anthropic behind Claude Design, Artifacts, and more. He gave me exclusive demos of how he designs new Claude features, interactive dashboards, and motion videos from his phone. Nate also shared 5 great tips to avoid AI slop when creating these artifacts. This episode is a must-watch if you want to see how Anthropic designers actually work.

Nate and I talked about:

(00:00) Nate’s 5 tips to stop Claude’s AI slop
(05:31) Demo: Designing a Duet feature from a phone note
(11:01) How Anthropic designers prototype in days
(13:06) Why Claude Design launched as a separate product
(18:55) The 4 tells that make a design look AI-made
(22:36) Demo: Turn any spreadsheet into a live dashboard
(26:17) Demo: Turning the dashboard into a Claude Motion video
(31:11) How to test a design skill when AI can’t judge taste
(35:32) Will AI ever have good taste?

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📌 Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-to-fix-ai-slop-with-claude-design-nate-parrott

Where to find Nate:

X: https://x.com/nateparrott
Website: https://nateparrott.com

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Ashley is the VP of Product at OpenAI leading health and this is a very special episode for me. We talked about how we both use AI to help our parents fight cancer — including preparing for doctor visits, researching treatments, and coping with the emotional weight of being a caregiver. Both of Ashley’s parents got diagnosed with cancer in a single week and it was really inspiring to hear how she took care of them.

Ashley and I talked about:

(00:00) How her dad’s cancer led Ashley to OpenAI
(07:15) Why I talk to AI more than my own mom
(09:41) Are doctors annoyed when patients bring AI research?
(14:17) Is AI really about to cure cancer?
(19:12) Should you trust ChatGPT with your health records?
(25:38) How ChatGPT caught a risky treatment before it was given
(28:00) Why hospitals still use faxes and CDs
(36:16) What Ashley types into ChatGPT during her dad’s appointments
(41:09) Making time for your parents with a demanding job

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Granola: AI meeting notes that don’t suck https://granola.ai/peter
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📌 Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-ai-changed-my-family-fight-against-cancer-ashley-openai

Where to find Ashley:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyyuki

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Jake is my go-to expert on editing videos with AI. In our episode, he showed me the editing keywords that get Claude to do what you want. Then he walked through how he made a launch video, a YouTube solo video, and even a short-form clip step by step using HyperFrames, a free open-source tool.

Jake and I talked about:

(00:00) The editing words that get AI to do what you want
(06:14) Parakeet: A free local model for accurate cuts
(08:40) Hook viewers with zooms, B-roll, and whip pans
(13:37) Demo: A launch video built from three screenshots
(18:41) Launch videos in 4 parts: Hook, context, payoff, brand
(20:39) Claude added Jake’s AI avatar without being asked
(23:28) Jake’s AI edit of my raw YouTube video
(29:25) Copy any creator’s effect from a 5-second clip
(36:17) Draw on the frame instead of typing AI feedback

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📌 Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-to-make-amazing-videos-with-claude-and-hyperframes-jake-moran

Where to find Jake:

X: https://x.com/jake11moran
HyperFrames: https://hyperframes.dev
Parakeet: https://build.nvidia.com/nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0_6b-v2/modelcard

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Jaclyn is a product director at Google Labs and we had a great chat about how Gemini 4 changed her product job, how she keeps AI slop out of her team's docs and products, and how she's raising three kids with AI's help. Gemini 4 Carbon is currently the best model in the world based on benchmarks, and it was fun to get a sneak peek into how Google's own product leaders use it internally.

Jaclyn and I talked about:

(00:00) How Gemini 4 changed the PM job at Google
(02:11) Should it even exist? How Google Labs picks what to build
(09:16) The doc rule that keeps AI slop out of Google Labs
(10:45) Which Labs experiments graduated into the Gemini app
(12:53) Why Google Labs never treats a killed experiment as failure
(17:43) Code is free, so what's actually worth building?
(24:00) Her 5-year-old is the creative director of their AI podcast
(26:30) Best screen time for kids: Creation, not consumption

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📌 Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/gemini-4-changed-how-google-builds-products-jaclyn-konzelmann

Where to find Jaclyn:

X: https://x.com/jacalulu
Substack: https://substack.com/@jacalulu

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Pomp and I worked together at Facebook a decade ago before he became an investor, best-selling author, and public company CEO with an audience of 3.3M. We had a great chat about how to build an extraordinary career and life and how he's building Silvia, an AI CFO for independent investors, to take on the AI labs.

Pomp and I talked about:

(00:00) Why Pomp never had a career plan
(04:43) Why an audience is the best way to win deal flow
(10:33) Paid work trials instead of job interviews
(18:35) Hire for revenue, not margins
(20:32) Silvia: An AI CFO for independent investors
(25:00) How AI found a tax strategy worth $100Ks a year
(32:05) How a team of under 10 plans to compete with the AI labs
(35:58) Pomp’s latest take on Bitcoin
(39:21) How Pomp teaches his four kids to solve problems

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Where to find Pomp:

X: https://x.com/APompliano
Silvia: https://www.cfosilvia.com/

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