
Why Substack's Head of Design Thinks LLMs are Overrated -- Mills Baker
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
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Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- PublishedSeptember 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM UTC
- Length1h 12m
- RatingExplicit