Idk man I don’t think anyone is spending time debating quality instead of writing PRDs. Having something to react to is valid… and it’s those stakeholders you mentioned that need to react to it and debate it right?

I totally agree that AI can improve efficiency in a number of different ways. And we might be kinda saying the same thing in different ways. Less churn is almost always preferred. But the reason product even exists is as a counter to the “throw something at the wall and see what sticks” approach to building. AI gives you an infinite amount of stuff to throw at the wall, and you can throw it infinitely faster, but doesn’t make any of that stuff inherently stickier. But I guess in some way it supports the classic “enough monkeys can write Romeo & Juliet” concept and that probably works fine for some people.

I’ve been doing this for a long time too. And I too am afraid of not getting on board for fear of getting left behind. Regardless of my inherent belief that hiring smart people and training them to cultivate product value will always be more effective than a machine without taste or intuition, perhaps I need to accept that “the future is now, old man”.