[00:00] - "I can't post anything without death threats"

[01:48] - How I found Escha's work

[02:46] - Myspace and Neopets taught her to code

[04:39] - Losing self-expression in client work

[06:54] - "I call myself a designer and don't elaborate"

[08:05] - Perplexity's culture: high trust, high autonomy

[09:13] - "There's no roadmap, just do it"

[11:53] - How the Comet invitations actually got made

[14:51] - Scaling unique outputs to 10K+ generations

[17:44] - Evaluating AI tools as inputs vs outputs

[20:16] - Pushing Midjourney to break terms of service

[21:35] - "Being a good designer is about communication"

[24:22] - Trial and error prompting with Comet

[26:22] - Prompting as a second-class citizen to features

[30:48] - "Can you be pro AI and pro self-expression?"

[36:13] - The ethics question that kept her at Descript

[38:35] - The hate and vitriol from sharing AI work

[40:51] - "Ask how it was made before throwing hate"

[43:31] - The blurred line: how much of it is AI?

[45:31] - Should we disclose AI in our work?

[48:40] - Daily driving tools at Perplexity

[50:37] - The spinning planet she shipped in 5 minutes