{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Do Good Work","title":"How AI Is Creating the 3rd Form Factor of Digital Products","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1582,"description":"Most conversations about AI in consulting stop at productivity. Doing the same thing faster. That's the wrong frame entirely.In this episode, I break down the three form factors for digital products: information products, software products, and what I'm calling actors. An actor is an AI agent or multi-agent orchestration that deploys your expertise on your behalf without requiring your ongoing presence at every step. The distinction that matters: an actor becomes a producer when it generates real market value, not just activity.I walk through how I built this into my own content pipeline (four hours down to fifteen minutes), how clients are using actors to overdeliver on their initial offer at 2-3x the going rate, and why \"efficiency\" is the wrong frame for what's actually happening. This is the next piece in a series. The Services Stack covers the thesis. The New Value Quadrant covers pricing. The Post Scope Era covers practical sales and delivery changes. This episode covers the new form factor that makes all of it possible.Key topics covered:What a \"form factor\" actually means and why it matters for how you price and packageForm Factor 1: Information products (ebooks, courses, coaching, communities) and the key person problemForm Factor 2: Software products and why they require a team and capitalForm Factor 3: Actors, AI agents that produce outcomes on your behalfThe distinction between an agent that acts and a producer that creates net new market valueWhy your methodology, positioning, and expertise dictate the value an actor createsReal example: content scheduling from four hours to fifteen minutesHow clients are using actors to deliver 2-3x more value at standard pricingEfficiency vs. production: doing the same thing faster vs. creating something newWhy speed to value creation might be the real variableHuman flourishing as the real goalThree steps to build your first actorCHAPTERS00:00 The Market Votes With Its Dollars\r\n02:05 Every Digital Product Follows...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ERPXc3vfjTBxx5iBsuq9KD5LWG30qzdNvHE-qU82NNA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZDhh/MjQ0ZTI0MDUzOThi/MDQyNzNiMDY5YmYw/YzU1NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}