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Investors. Even more sophisticated investors can be bamboozled by various claims. Because investors are usually trying to pick the future winners, they need t
by projektfu 4y ago
Investors. Even more sophisticated investors can be bamboozled by various claims. Because investors are usually trying to pick the future winners, they need these things as proxies to determine who is actually going to have the faster chips, or the lower costs, etc.
Analysts are often not from the exact line of business. They may have a bachelor's in engineering, or something, but they're usually not domain experts beyond having studied the field from a business perspective and gotten used to its lingo. So, these things can be kind of manipulative. That said, it's par for the course. It's better than outright lying and bribing the analysts like in the 2000-2002 telecom bust.
- bee_rider 4y agoIf somebody has a bachelor's in EE and thinks the nm marketing value is an actual measurement they should see about getting a refund.
- orangepurple 4y agoInvestors talk about AI as if it is a real thing. Before that it was big data.
- bee_rider 4y agoColloquially lots of successful technologies have been referred to as "AI" and so it doesn't seem that unreasonable that investors could look into that kind of stuff. On the other hand, if somebody's investing strategy assumes, like, artificial general intelligence is coming soon -- investing involves risk and investing while stupid involves disproportionate risk I guess.