The AI Head Fake

The AI Head Fake

Update: 2025-07-11
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The real issue isn’t that AI killed media. It’s that the old distribution ecosystem has broken down. Plus: the end of Demand Media and Linda Yaccarino’s tenure as X CEO; the coming AI browser wars; why Gen Z skips to the comments; and the afterlife of dead flowers as potpourri.

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Chapters:

* 00:00 Open

* 00:24 Welcome

* 01:21 Linda Yaccarino Stepped Down

* 17:19 AI Skapegoat

* 29:24 Gen Z Media Habits Study

* 41:43 AI vs The Browser

* 53:14 Good Product

* 55:13 Substack Potential

* 57:05 Outro



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The AI Head Fake

The AI Head Fake

Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, and Alex Schleifer