The Missing Piece - by Saurabh Shah - The Learning Curve

taking AI from useful to delightful

The Missing Piece taking AI from useful to delightful Saurabh Shah Jan 09, 2026 8 1 Share 2025 was a crazy year for AI. So, so much progress. I can’t help but (begrudgingly) agree with those cringey “progress is accelerating” posts. It is. The models are getting really smart really quickly. The better these models get, the more I use them. And the more I use them, the more I see something is missing. Yes, these systems are incredibly useful. But they’re not delightful. To get there, we need targeted investment in some neglected research areas. Subscribe Useful & Delightful AI is becoming incre

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