Taste is the new programming language (w/ Astrocade CEO Amir Sadeghian) | AI Basics

Amir Sadeghian, CEO of Astrocade, joins Jason and Lon to demo how his company's AI turns text descriptions into playable games in minutes, published to a TikTok-style feed. He argues that while AI can automate game assembly, it cannot produce a great game without the user's taste and creativity — making taste the new programming language. Amir shares his 'watermelon juice theory' of product friction and explains why frontier models tend to regress to the mean rather than push boundaries. He also describes the human-in-the-loop workflow that refines generic ideas into something original, and reflects on why play is a universal human language.