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I remember three events that created a massive amount of startups: Personal computing, the internet, and then mobile. What these have in common are new ways in
by fhd2 4y ago
I remember three events that created a massive amount of startups: Personal computing, the internet, and then mobile. What these have in common are new ways in which people use computers, combined with a large expansion in usage.
AI by itself doesn't achieve that in my book, voice assistants maybe, but I'm sceptical that they don't just move usage around. Suppose that's why people invest into stuff like VR/AR and neural interfaces, hoping those are the next big things that massively expand computer usage. Though computers are already being used quite massively.
- mmahemoff 4y agoInteresting way to look at it, but I think you could say the same thing about the internet, i.e., people still interacted with it using a PC. So I could still see AI having a similar impact without changing the physical form factor. That said, it might also be the case that incumbents have more to benefit than startups, in a world that rewards access to large proprietary data sets.
- tuukkah 4y agoMassive move of usage to new services should be enough for a massive amount of startups that build those new services. No need for expansion, I think.