Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨

Innovation Partner for AI-driven product teams. Helping leaders align vision, validate concepts, and design experiences that give users superpowers.

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

@artemissongs It’s the full makeup under the helm that really sells it

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

@Blaise_Corvin @GlobalWatchClub Just call it a Trollex and wear it proudly, instead of using the 'real' brand.

[Michał Podlewski @trajektoriePL]

Now we know why Peter Thiel packed his bags for Argentina.

Milei just submitted his AI legislative framework to Congress, where he proposes:
- zero regulation on AI development,
- a brand-new "non-human corporation" category for AI/robot-operated entities with limited liability
-a low-tax regime with flexible governance rules.

The Dutch East India Company gave the world the limited liability company in 1602. Milei wants Argentina to do the same for autonomous AI agents in 2026.

[Jawwwn @jawwwn_]

Alex Karp shares Palantir’s secret to sales:

“We hope you go to an LLM company.”

“No matter how bad this conference is, we could never sell you like they’ll sell you, which is—giving you something that makes you feel smart while your business goes out of business.”

“You’re going to go home feeling poorer and less safe. You’ll buy the product, and pay a lot in tokens, and it’s going to be very hard to understand how it helps you.”

“But, investors will know you’re smart.”

“Feel free to go learn about that and you’ll find: there’s a myriad of problems these models solve, and an even bigger amount of problems they create.”

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

@GlobalWatchClub

[Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann]

Leila and Alex Hormozi just wrote an internal memo to kill AI slop in their company.

Here's what they said:

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"I’m going to be direct: I am SO sick of reading AI slop. Especially in memos.

So I would like to explain how you can immediately tell whether a memo is written by AI or a human.

At the end, I will tell you what you can do instead to write your memos.

THE TOP 5 PHRASES THAT INSTANTLY TELL ME AI WROTE YOUR MEMO:

1. “Delve into” / “Unpack”

Let’s delve into the Q1 results and unpack what this means for our strategy.

Nobody says “delve” in real life. You’d say “look at” or “break down.”

2. “This signals that” / “This underscores”

“This signals a shift in customer behavior and underscores the need for a revised approach.”

That’s AI connecting two ideas for you because it has no actual opinion.

A human would say, “Customers are doing X, so we need to change Y.”

3. “Navigate the complexities of” / “In an ever-changing landscape”

“As we navigate the complexities of scaling in an ever-changing landscape...”

This says absolutely nothing. What complexities? What’s changing?

4. “Synergies” / “Leverage our learnings” / “Holistic approach”

“By leveraging our learnings, we can unlock synergies across teams and take a more holistic approach.”

This is corporate bologna. It sounds profound and means NOTHING.

A human would say: “Here’s what worked, here’s what didn’t, here’s what we’re changing.”

THE TOP 5 THINGS CHATGPT DOES THAT GIVE IT AWAY IMMEDIATELY:

1. The transition words. Every paragraph opens with “Moreover,” “Furthermore,” “That said,” “Additionally,” or “Importantly,” Read your draft out loud. If you wouldn’t say it, don’t write it.

2. Bold word: colon: explanation built points. Example: Clarity: Ensure your memo is clear and concise. Alignment: Make sure all stakeholders are on the same page. Execution: Focus on actionable next steps.

3. The corporate therapist voice. This is a powerful opportunity to lean into our strengths and foster a culture of accountability.

4. The neat little bow at the end. “Ultimately, the goal is to build a more resilient and agile organization.” If your conclusion could apply to any company on earth, it’s wasted words.

5. The “says everything, means nothing” BS. You read an entire paragraph, it sounds smart, and then realize you can’t summarize what it said.

That’s because AI is pattern-matching language, NOT THINKING.

SO HERE’S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO INSTEAD:

1. Use voice dictation to write your first draft. Talk through your idea out loud, in your own words, with your OWN voice. That’s your raw material, and it already sounds human because it came from one.

2. Use AI to make it better, not to replace your thinking. Ask: “What’s missing?” “Where is my language unclear?” “Help me tighten this without changing my voice.” “Does my argument flow logically?”

3. Do NOT paste in a topic and ask AI to write the memo for you. Also urants to add: forced negation (“not this but that”), staccato repetitions, and excessive adverbs like “quietly underscores.” All AI slop.

TLDR: The bullets you sent to AI to write your memo are arguably more valuable than the memo. I’d rather get those than the slop."

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

This is how religions start

[Lost Internet @LostMemeArchive]

Ultima Online once had an in-game king who was supposed to be unkillable.

He was played by the creator of the game.

During a public speech, someone threw a fire field spell at him.

The server had crashed earlier, and when he logged back in, his invincibility flag wasn’t on.

So the king just died in front of everyone.

The devs spawned demons in revenge.

The assassin escaped.

[Michael Guimarin @MichaelGuimarin]

My all-time favorite gold digging story.

Guy has about $12m in total net worth. But one of those try hard guys.

Meets an incredible woman he is head over heels in love with. But he can’t get over that she might be with him for his money. Reddit brained in this way.

He agonizes over this for months and months. Their entire relationship. Every-time it comes up he asks everyone if they think she’s a gold digger.

But she is awesome. They decide to get married.

He presents her with a well-crafted (overly crafted) pre-nuptial agreement. It’s rock solid for their situation.

They both sign.

Her response on signing: “oh thank God, my dad is going to be thrilled with this, I have a $100m trust fund and he’s been on my ass about getting a prenup with you since our relationship began. But I was worried you would leave if I brought it up.”

😂

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

It seems much more impressive when you can just riff with the crowd like that

[Wolverine land @Breaking57]

Matt Rife stand up

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

I just heard a fish crow and I could swear it was that kid

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

@GlobalWatchClub I don’t think I would but I think if you like the look of it you should buy an honest version that’s called Trolex when you look closely

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

@IMAO_ I think it’s kind of slow to retract and extend though

My beef with lightsabers is you should have to cut with them like a knife. Otherwise there’s no reason to swing hard at all, just wave it around until you touch something.

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

Haters & critics are fans

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

“An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue”

— Russian Proverb

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

Context engineering

[DR22 Ω 🪬🎭 @DejaRu22]

SUPREMELY UNDERRATED SUCCESS HACK:
MKULTRA yourself with audios 24/7

Recently I watched ‘The Apprentice’ movie
(Highly recommend)

And was so impressed by Sebastian Stan, the guy playing Donald Trump. Stellar performance. It’s again one of those rare examples where it’s less “acting” and more just straight up channeling on stage.

I wanted to see what kind of preparation he had for the role. And he nails it. He basically had Donald Trump in his ear 24/7. You can literally MKULTRA your way into a completely new set of habits and mindset.

24/7 IMMERSION = FASTEST CHANGE

[Sun Treska @SUNTRESKA]

This recipe just changed my life.

1. Soak dates in espresso overnight.
2. Serve over yoghurt with a bit of salt and/or honey

Thank me later.

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

@DuncanS21 We need a Force gauge for each fighter during the duels

[duncan: part two @DuncanS21]

I’m fine with introducing Jedi’s ability to speed run and never mentioning it again. But you can’t introduce speed running at the beginning of the same movie where in the climax a huge aspect is that the Jedi can’t run fast enough to help his partner fight the villain

[Karl Nieberding | Wizard of UX 🪄✨ @wizardofux]

@Hopeful_average @Dipper_pol 2.05m is 6’9

[Sam Stoffel @sam_stoffel]

Founder of lululemon on what he'd tell every 25 year old:

"I'd tell them that every person in the world is an individual with a different genetic makeup and a different upbringing and the way that you're thinking is so radically different than every other person in the world and incomparable that if you have an idea and you want to move forward with it, don't worry so much about the competition because nobody will be able to replicate you and the way you think about it."

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

Leonardo da Vinci's greatest paragraph