alt Hacker NewsI stumbled upon this one as well, but I do not understand it really: Why is my job safe if Ads prove there is no AGI?
Because even if there would be AGI, they could (and would?) serve ads anyway?
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who would pivot to selling ads if AGI was in reach? These orgs are burning a level of funding that is looking to fulfil dreams, ads is a pragmatic choice that implies a the moonshot isn't in range yet.
Yes, I don't understand it either. I think the opposite is true. If AGI happens and it becomes immensely successful, it would be the best medium to deliver ads and at the same time our jobs wouldn't be safe.
Perhaps the people who like that quote can elaborate why that quote makes sense and why they like it?
If AGI was around the corner, they wouldn’t have to resort to what some consider a scummy way to make money. They’d would become the most valuable company on the planet, winning the whole game. Ads show you they don’t know what else to do but they desperately need money.
Because it shows that it’s just yet another ad delivery vehicle.
Once you go ads, that’s pretty much it, you start focusing on how to deliver ads rather than what you claim your core competency is.
If your job is gone forever, with what money are you going to buy the thing in the advert? If nobody can buy the thing in the advert, the value of the ad slot itself is zero.