Get ready for an office full of future whispers

How will work arrangements change if we spend more time talking to our computers? The latest feature in the Wall Street Journal he looks at the rise in popularity of dictation software such as Wispr, especially now that it can be connected to vibe coding devices, and that can mean office movements.

One VC said that visiting startup offices now feels like walking into a high-end call center. And Gusto co-founder Edward Kim he seems to be telling his team that in the future, offices will sound like “retail spaces.” (As someone still scarred from the time his desk was briefly moved to the dealership, let me say: No.)

Kim said she only takes pictures now when she has to. But he admitted that maintaining full-time control in the office can be “a little difficult.”

Similarly, AI entrepreneur Mollie Amkraut Mueller said her husband was annoyed by her new habit of whispering at her computer, so much so that their late-night working hours now involved being apart, or “one of us staying in our office.”

But Wispr founder Tanay Kothari insisted that everything will look “normal” one day, just like looking at your phone every time.