{"id":6037,"date":"2026-06-21T18:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=6037"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:26:40","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-615-ai-etiquette-gen-z-tech-rejection-ai-scarcity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/21\/mobileviews-podcast-615-ai-etiquette-gen-z-tech-rejection-ai-scarcity\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 615: AI etiquette, Gen Z tech rejection, AI scarcity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px); height: 150px;\" title=\"MobileViews Podcast 615: AI etiquette, Gen Z tech rejection, AI scarcity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=48jix-1af4d1a-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-6038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MViews-615-AIframe-1024x447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MViews-615-AIframe-1024x447.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MViews-615-AIframe-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MViews-615-AIframe-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MViews-615-AIframe-1536x671.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MViews-615-AIframe-2048x894.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opened with a &#8220;mini-rant&#8221; about the frustrations of the <\/span><b>USB-C ecosystem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and apparent power requirement issues with a new <\/span><b>Acer USB-C external LCD display<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We also observed possible tangible effects of &#8220;AI scarcity,&#8221; noting that <\/span><b>Google Meet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recordings and <\/span><b>Alexa Plus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> responses are taking significantly longer to process, likely due to the processing demands of modern AI models. This scarcity sparked a conversation on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nvidea-huang-artificial-intelligence-8334abcbc6ed8d3d7889b640ec6fa05b\"><b>new social norms<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the AI age, specifically regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.read.ai\/microsoft\">etiquette of AI agents (like Read.ai)<\/a> attending meetings and the &#8220;cat-and-mouse game&#8221; of recording lights on smart glasses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon shared a major shift in his productivity workflow by moving to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/obsidian.md\/\"><b>Obsidian<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a &#8220;Swiss Army knife&#8221; of note-taking. By using <\/span><b>Codex<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to convert 20 years of WordPress entries and Day One journals into <\/span><b>Markdown files<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he has created a future-proof, portable &#8220;vault&#8221; that avoids proprietary databases. We also discussed the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products-and-platforms\/platforms\/android\/android-17-features\/\">release of <\/a><\/span><b>Android 17<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which introduced an interesting &#8220;Screen Reactions&#8221; overlay feature but also caused frustration by resetting permissions for tablet casting and photo galleries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To wrap up, Jon provided a field report on his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/373yrGg9gp4\"><b>DJI Neo 2<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drone, which successfully tracked him during a 20mph e-bike ride. Despite suffering its first high-speed crash into a tree, the lightweight drone proved remarkably durable, surviving the impact with no visible damage. We also touched on a few tech trends, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/robertbtucker\/2026\/06\/12\/why-students-are-rejecting-silicon-valleys-vision-of-the-future\/\"><b>Gen Z&#8217;s growing rejection<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Silicon Valley&#8217;s vision in favor of &#8220;dumb&#8221; tech like flip phones and repaired iPods<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Available via <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mobileviews.com-podcast\/id301171904?mt=2\">Apple iTunes<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ToddOgasawara\/podcasts\u201d\">MobileViews YouTube Podcasts channel <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/MobileViewscom-Podcast-Podcast\/B08K565TQS?qid=1640555789&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&amp;pf_rd_r=TXEJVWB2VW471GJ9XQQ0\u201d&lt;\/a\">MobileViews Podcast on Audible.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I opened with a &#8220;mini-rant&#8221; about the frustrations of the USB-C ecosystem and apparent power requirement issues with a new Acer USB-C external LCD display. 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