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jstummbillig01/20/20252 repliesview on HN

The nature of software that has not moat built into it. Which is fantastic for the world, as long as some companies are willing to pay the premium involved in paving the way. But man, what a daunting prospect for developers and investors.


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HeatrayEnjoyer01/20/2025

I'm not sure we should call it "fantastic"

The negative downsides begin at "dystopia worse than 1984 ever imagined" and get worse from there

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markus_zhang01/20/2025

The most is there I think: capital to train models and buy good data, and then pull strings to make it into everyone's computer.

It's indeed very dystopia.