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My BIGGEST AI Pet Peeve...

Matt Wolfe

The speaker criticizes companies for announcing features before they're ready, using Claude's Co-work announcement as an example. They argue that companies should only announce features once they're fully available, not during rollout phases.

Summary

The speaker expresses frustration with a common practice where companies announce new features that aren't yet available to all users. Using Anthropic's Claude Co-work feature as a specific example, they point out that despite the announcement stating 'Claude, Co-work, and Chat are now one claude,' the feature is still in rollout and not yet available to all users, including the speaker who has a $200/month max plan. The speaker argues this is misleading marketing and that companies should wait until a feature is actually ready and available before making blog posts and announcements about it. The speaker acknowledges this is a personal pet peeve but believes they're not alone in this frustration, and apologizes for the rant after expressing their complaint.

Key Insights

  • The speaker believes companies should announce features only when they are ready and fully available, rather than announcing during phased rollout periods
  • Despite being on a $200/month Claude max plan, the speaker still does not have access to the Claude Co-work feature that was announced as being rolled out
  • The speaker views the blog post title 'Claude, Co-work, and Chat are now one claude' as misleading because the feature is not yet available to all users
  • The speaker perceives this practice as a widespread issue ('I don't think I'm alone in this'), indicating this is a common frustration with multiple companies
  • The speaker distinguishes between features that are currently available versus those that are 'going to be in the future after it finishes its roll out'

Topics

Product announcement timingFeature rollout communicationMarketing transparencyAnthropic Claude updatesUser experience frustration

Transcript

[0:00] If I'm being honest, like a little personal pet peeve of buying, and I don't think I'm alone in this, I wish companies would announce it when it's ready, as opposed to saying, "Here's something we're doing, but not yet. It's coming in the future." Enthropic announced that Claude co-work. But when I open the Claude app, I still see a chat and co-work option here. When I scroll down on the article, this is rolling out to pro and max plans. First, I am on a $200 a month max plan and I still don't have it yet. The title of [0:32] this blog post is Claude, Co-work, and Chat are now one claude. No, they're not now…

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