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Why Substack's Head of Design Thinks LLMs are Overrated -- Mills Baker

Why Substack's Head of Design Thinks LLMs are Overrated -- Mills Baker

Update: 2025-09-04
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In this episode we sit down with Mills Baker, Head of Design at Substack to talk about:

  • What he's witnessing AI do to Substack's ecosystem of writers and creators
  • How he uses (and doesn't use) AI
  • Why he's bearish on LLMs
  • How Mills sees Substack changing in the coming years
  • Substack’s lead engineer's hot take on how AI impacts timelines of coding projects
  • His prediction for where humans will be in 10 years
  • ...and more


Whoa Vol. 2

This episode is part of a limited series of ten in-depth conversations put together by sublime.app with some of our favorite thinkers and creatives where we explore how artificial intelligence is changing and challenging creative work.πŸ‘‰ Get your copy of the zine: https://sublime.app/whoa


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Why Substack's Head of Design Thinks LLMs are Overrated -- Mills Baker

Why Substack's Head of Design Thinks LLMs are Overrated -- Mills Baker

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