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>Some of this works because of mismatched expectations, like companies who are trying to sell magic. We were asked to look into a company that had an, I kid yo
by Jugurtha 5y ago
>Some of this works because of mismatched expectations, like companies who are trying to sell magic.
We were asked to look into a company that had an, I kid you not, "AI-powered problem solving platform".
The suggestions it spit out in their demo for agriculture were things like "What if the earth was upside down", and I read it like "Maaaaan, what if, like, just imagine like, the earth wasn't like below, but it was like, above... Duuuuude. Just imagine.". i.e: you could get these recommendations with a few dollars worth of haschish.
- vorpalhex 5y agoThe modern mechanical turk. Pay someone to be very stoned and to sit in a box made to look like a supercomputer. Have it occasionally print a prompt for the "AI" to reflect on. Add a pitch deck and a blockchain and you have a startup with the right buzzword cloud.
- Jugurtha 5y agoHere Comes Another Bubble: https://youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I https://youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I