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How are you resisting the temptation to add AI to your product?

Sameer Sanagala
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The temptation to add AI to your product is too damn real 🤯 ---------- My co-founder and I discussed many times in the last few months how it is now technically feasible to release a magical feature for www.notionapps.com, an app builder for Notion databases. A feature where we provide a co-pilot AI that generates/customizes an app from plain text. So how and why are we resisting it? We are working on an app builder for a new persona of software creators (Notion users), the only one in the market with a Notion integration. We want to focus on understanding their app requirements and adding core features to create apps for their use cases. Being a small team, our resources are limited and we have to choose our battles wisely. Having an AI co-pilot will definitely help us in marketing, but we don't have data points if it will lead to high-value apps and conversions. Also, we don't think any of the app builders will have an unfair advantage by adding an AI co-pilot. More and more tools are adopting it as the models are now accessible to everyone and we are not excited about the first-mover advantage. Maybe we would have added it if we were in a different phase of building or maybe we will in the future but as of now our tool is choosing not to be artificially intelligent. ------- Does your product have scope for AI? If it does and you not working on it, how and why did you decide against it?

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Drew "Sales Playbook Builder" Williams
Not resisting... leaning into it. I think it's like saying to a brick and mortar retail store when the internet came out... should we resist online sales?
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Sameer Sanagala
@drewsalesplaybookbuilder The analogy makes sense! But in that case, the Internet opened up new distribution channels. In the context of this discussion, AI is a product feature.
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Jules Essen
I should mention that I might have a bit of a bias here, given that I'm involved in the development of an AI productivity and mental health tool. However, I'd urge you not to be too quick to dismiss the concept. Instead, take the time to explore your options and carefully compare them to non-AI solutions. If you genuinely believe that AI has the potential to improve your product, why not give it a chance? It's all about embracing innovation.
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Sameer Sanagala
@julesfyt Thanks for the thoughtful suggestion, Jules. We are evaluating it from time to time as we develop our core features and won't hesitate to adopt it if it adds value to our users.
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Alex Nix
What are some factors that make you hesitant about adding AI?
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Sameer Sanagala
@nixkulinax I explained them above in the post. We are a small team working on an app builder for Notion (www.notionapps.com), and we wanted to focus on the core features instead of jumping on the AI bandwagon.
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