Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

(Preview) The End of the Ad-Supported Internet, Imagining What Comes Next, A Human-AI Agent PSA


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Discussing Ben's Article on the future of the agentic web, including the virtues of the ad-supported internet we've enjoyed for the last three decades, why that model is becoming less viable as the years pass, and the potential for new solutions as agentic web traffic proliferates in the years and decades to come. At the end: An epiphany surrounding AI workflows and chain of thought exchanges between employers and their employees.

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