Discussion: AI may call for new devices and different interaction formats

The participants questioned whether the smartphone is the optimal form factor for AI: one argued that a device for this kind of experience should be native to the operating system. They also said people need short-form video and that consumer behavior is difficult to predict over decades: people may criticize low-quality content yet still watch Reels.

One participant speculated that cheaper inference could make it possible for every ChatGPT prompt to become a video call with an AI agent that can render video and talk. This was a prediction about a possible future, not a description of an existing feature. Another participant noted that video calls have long been available, but people do not use them for every conversation; different situations call for different formats.