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Jason Yuan

What Jason Yuan thinks about taste

@jason-yuan · 18 positions · 0 changes of mind

Designer and founder of Hivemind, a social AI that talks one-on-one with many people at once, and earlier co-founder of New Computer, maker of the Dot assistant.

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6 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Jason Yuan has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingSlop and random gradients cannot just be shipped; random gradients feel so 2016.

    Their wordsWe can't just like ship slop. We can't just have like have random gradients. Like that's so 2016.

    ↗Jason Yuan - Designing 99 "No"s for a single "Yes"youtube.com 2nd of 18 in this recording

  3. Our readingEverything is art when done well; at the highest levels of any craft, whether design, research or engineering, the work looks more like art.

    design

    Their wordslooks more like art. I would say like Ilas Kever is one of the greatest artist of our generation even though people consider him a researcher. I think everything is art when you do it well.

    ↗Jason Yuan - Designing 99 "No"s for a single "Yes"youtube.com 4th of 18 in this recording

  5. Our readingAll great stories are true stories, even if they are fiction.

    Their wordsAll great stories are true stories, even if they're fiction is is what I believe.

    ↗Jason Yuan - Designing 99 "No"s for a single "Yes"youtube.com 5th of 18 in this recording

  7. Our readingTaste is editing with a point of view.

    Their wordswhen people talk online about taste, taste, taste, taste, taste. All taste is, I think, is editing from with a point of view.

    ↗Jason Yuan - Designing 99 "No"s for a single "Yes"youtube.com 12th of 18 in this recording

  9. Our readingTaste is just saying no and judgment; liking everything means having no taste, because having taste means disliking some things.

    Their wordsTaste is just saying no. Taste is just judgment. It's going like I like this, I don't like this. And if you liked everything, then you have no taste because having taste means you don't like some things.

    ↗Jason Yuan - Designing 99 "No"s for a single "Yes"youtube.com 13th of 18 in this recording

  11. Our readingOften people mistake the depth of thought needed to create something that coheres for making something that looks aesthetically simple, which is almost never the case of anything great.

    Their wordsI think often people mistake the depth of thought needed to create something that coheres for let's just make something that looks aesthetically simple. That is almost never the case of anything great.

    ↗Jason Yuan - Designing 99 "No"s for a single "Yes"youtube.com 14th of 18 in this recording