AI makes you more creative, AI Roundtable with Steven Johnson and Grant Lee | E2231

Summary

Jason Calacanis hosts an AI roundtable with Grant Lee of Gamma and Steven Johnson of NotebookLM. They discuss how AI tools augment creativity and productivity for knowledge workers, why some creatives resist AI, and how AI adoption may reshape employment and software development. Jason also says Tesla's Optimus robot will be game-changing.

• Grant Lee describes Gamma as an AI-first presentation tool that modernizes visual storytelling and has crossed $100M in revenue.
• Steven Johnson explains NotebookLM's context engineering, grounded citations, and use for research, product feedback, and writing.
• The panel debates Pew and MIT studies on whether AI harms creativity, learning, and decision-making.
• Grant Lee cites Jevons paradox to argue AI coding will expand software creation rather than reduce demand.
• Jason Calacanis says he saw Optimus 3.0 and believes Tesla will be known for Optimus in the future.
• The group ends optimistic that AI will create new jobs and professions despite near-term disruption.