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AI is really neat. I don’t understand how a business model that makes money pops out on the other end.
At least crypto cashed out on NFTs for a while.
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> I don’t understand how a business model that makes money pops out on the other end.
What issues do you see?
I pay for ChatGPT and for cursor and to me that's money very well spent.
I imagine tools like cursor will become common for other text intensive industries, like law, soon.
Agreed that the hype can be over the top, but these are valuable productivity tools, so I have some trouble understanding where you're coming from.
good point about the business model. probably AI has more even the ones reaping the rewards are only 4 or 5 big corps.
It seems with crypto the business "benefits" were mostly adversarial (winners were those doing crimes on the darknet, or to allow ransomware operators to get paid). The underlying blockchain Tech itself though failed to replace transactions in a database.
The main value for AI today seems to be generative Tech to improve the quality of Deepfakes or to help everyone in Business write their communication with an even more "neutral" non-human like voice, free of any emotion, almost psychopathic. Like the dudes who are writing about their achievements on LinkedIn in 3rd person, ... Only now it's psychopathy enabled by the machine.
Also I've seen people who, without AI are barely literate, are now sending emails that look like they've been penned by a post-doc in English literature. The result is it's becoming a lot harder to separate the morons, and knuckle-draggers from those who are worth reaching out and talking to.
yes old man yelling at cloud.
Crypto is coming back for another heist. Will probably die a bit once Trump finishes his term
> I don’t understand how a business model that makes money pops out on the other end
Tractors and farming.
By turning what is traditionally a labour intensive product into a capital intensive one.
For now, the farmers who own tractors will beat the farmers who need to hire, house and retain workers (or half a dozen children).
This goes well for quite some time, where you can have 3 people handle acres & acres.
I'll be around explaining how coffee beans can't be picked by a tractor or how vanilla can't be pollinated with it.