The Newcomer Podcast

Inside the Cerebral Valley AI Summit: What to Expect Next Week


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We’re officially one week out from the Cerebral Valley AI Summit! On today’s episode, co-hosts James Wilsterman and Max Child of Volley join host Eric Newcomer to preview what’s ahead — from standout speakers to can’t-miss panels and the big ideas that will shape the conversations next week.


To kick things off, Eric poses a timely question: What themes are starting to take shape across the participants and topics at this year’s summit? What’s really driving the energy in AI right now?


Here are a few of the themes that emerged from the discussion:

  • Designers are moving closer to engineering, not just prototyping but launching internal tools and shaping product development in deeper ways.
  • The war for context is just beginning — expect fierce competition over who owns the layers that make AI actually useful.
  • Vibe coding: is it a real paradigm shift, or just a fun phase? And how big could it get?
  • Is there a Microsoft Office Suite for the AI era?
  • Distribution vs. product: what do the strategies of Uber and Waymo reveal about the future of AI deployment? Who wins self-driving cars?
  • Text box solution vs. product: should everyone be copying ChatGPT, or is that a mistake?
  • The growing appetite for data is fueling a new surveillance state.
  • And finally, Eric's "Sprinting Toward the End of History" — companies face competition from every direction, but is there an end point?



It’s all building toward what promises to be a packed, thought-provoking week in Cerebral Valley. Let’s dive in!


Timestamps:

1:40: Eric poses the question

1:55: Evolution of the role of the designer

8:00: Text box vs product

14:15: Unbundling ChatGPT

19:19: Is there a Microsoft Office Suite for the AI era?

22:10: Who owns the context

26:02: Surveillance state

36:57: Distribution vs product

42:00: Sprinting until the end of history

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