What Josh Puckett thinks about LLMs
Designer, advisor and investor; co-founded the design practice Iteration and the apprenticeship studio Upperstudy, after leading design teams at Wealthfront, Dropbox and Groupon.
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3 dated positions, 2026 to c. 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Josh Puckett has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAs fast as the hyperscalers are training LLMs on ever-expanding datasets, I think much of what matters lives in stories, mistakes, or habits of individual practitioners.
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Their wordsWhat's more important there is like your intent and being able to play with the outcome.
↗Josh Puckett - Crafting interfaces with uncommon careyoutube.com 2nd of 18 in this recording
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Our readingPeople often think that collaborating with AI takes something more advanced than is actually needed.
Their wordsI think folks often think that maybe what you need to collaborate with AI or get it to do something for you is like more advanced than like what is actually needed.
↗Josh Puckett - Crafting interfaces with uncommon careyoutube.com 16th of 18 in this recording