Peter Van Dijck

" If you build for the next model, even if it can hardly do something now, it will probably do it well in the future. "

" LLMs don’t have memory, so rating on a scale from one to five is pretty random. Better to have yes or no answers. "

" Evals are a product and UX skill; learning them lets you make these systems do what you want. "

" We’ve worked with over 1100 contributors, focusing on inclusion, iteration, and collaboration. "

" You never start AI product design from the technology itself; you start from the user outcomes and retro-engineer the needed context. "

" You should plan 20 to 40 percent of your project budget on evals—it’s a lot more work than most people expect. "

" Today’s best AI products are designed by engineering first, but UX and product people have to join the party. "

" Workers are often worried about layoffs and their value when AI speeds up their process, while executives like the efficiency gains. "

" We’re building in the attribution of ideas to authors and speakers, emphasizing the humans behind the expertise. "

" Building generative AI tools is not scary, it’s just very different from the last 20 years of building products. "