If we talk to our computers more and more, how will our work environments change? The growing popularity of dictation apps like Wispr, particularly now that they can be linked to vibe-coding tools, is examined in a recent Wall Street Journal article, along with the potential implications for office etiquette. Visiting startup offices now seems like entering a posh phone center, according to one venture capitalist. Additionally, it appears that Edward Kim, a co-founder of Gusto, is informing his staff that offices would sound “more like a sales floor” in the future. (Let me say this as someone who is still scarred from the moment his desk was temporarily moved to a sales floor: Oh no.) According to Kim, he now only types when it is absolutely necessary. However, he acknowledged that dictating all the time at work can be “just a little weird.” In a similar vein, Mollie Amkraut Mueller, an AI entrepreneur, claimed that her husband became irritated with her new practice of talking to her computer. As a result, they now sit separate during late-night work sessions, or “one of us will stay in our office.”
Prepare for the future office full with whispers.
