Al Ramadan: What is worth building in the age of AI?

12 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief interview segment, the speakers discuss how the rapid advancement of AI models—exemplified by the hypothetical arrival of GPT‑6—forces innovators to rethink product durability. They contrast short‑term, easily replicated ideas that may become obsolete within months and are likely to be bundled into larger platforms, with concepts that are fundamentally hard to reproduce and therefore more likely to endure over a decade. The conversation frames the core challenge for creators: identifying which innovations are truly durable in an AI‑accelerated landscape.

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you could be building for a category that actually becomes made irrelevant in 6 months because of GPT-6. So yeah, has your thinking changed about how to evaluate whether something's actually 10-year durable versus 6-month durable?
There are some things that are durable in life and there are some things that are relatively easy to replicate. And the easy to replicate is probably going to get bundled. I can also see the areas where it's showing up now that it's like, it's never going to be able to do that. And so that's, I think, the challenge for all of the innovators and you and all of your team is where are those things that are super durable?