Synthetic Users Debate ft. Nils Stotz

Are synthetic users actually valuable? Or are they just another part of the AI hype cycle? Nils 'Dolla Billz' Stotz joined this ep to flesh out his research into synthetic users, and I gave him significant pushback. We ended up agreeing on more than I was anticipating tbh, but he is clearly doing the research to see how synthetic users are valuable now! And he shared what he's currently doing today. We got into: - Exactly where synthetic users excel and are valuable, but where they hold significant limitations as well - Holding synthetic users to the standards of humans (and where they are actually creating double standards) - The issues with 'predicting' in CRO (and why are we too focused on it) This is the post I referenced in the episode for the homie Craig Sullivan (who also deserves a follow): https://tinyurl.com/FromAtoBCraigSullivan Go follow Nils on LinkedIn, his content is great and he posts basically every day. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilsstotz/ Also go follow Shiva Manjunath on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiva-manjunath/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our newsletter for more memes, clips, and awesome content! ⁠⁠⁠https://fromatob.beehiiv.com/