AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?

TechCrunch's Equity podcast discussed recent tone-deaf AI comments from executives like Marissa Mayer, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg, with Amanda Silberling arguing the issue is partly a marketing problem and partly a product problem. She said the industry is pushing a future where basic human interaction gets optimized out, and that the value average users find in AI isn't necessarily the flight-booking and dinner-reservation use cases executives cite.