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So the secret to building a viable AI business... is to build a viable business, with AI?

chasd00 3y ago
the secret is to already have a viable business and constantly sprinkle in the latest tech. trends to maintain the illusion of being something fresh and new.
- LtWorf 3y ago
  That's why our bakery uses AI generated blockchains :D
  - cj 3y ago
    My local bakery adopted a new Point of Sale that does a really good job making me feel like I have to tip $2 when buying a donut! No blockchain or AI, but new tech (for them) nonetheless :)
  - DonHopkins 3y ago
    My coffeeshop uses Dall-E to render flattering caricatures of customers in ground chocolate and cinnamon on the foamed milk. ;)
johnnyanmac 3y ago
"what problem am I trying to solve?" if you can answer that question and justify AI as an optimization (and all the gray area fallouts that comes with early adoption) then you have a chance at building a viable business with AI. Having a solution and looking for problems to solve (or create) isnt the mentality of an entrepreneur but of a grifter, in my crass cynical opinion. But I can't deny that you ma still make money that way.
- iinnPP 3y ago
  Having a solution to an unknown problem and working towards finding a problem the solution fills can be rewritten as: Having a problem and looking for a solution. Calling that grifting is strange.
  - johnnyanmac 3y ago
    I did say it was a crass opinion. But just because the audience doesn't know the problem doesn't mean you (the entrepreneur) don't ask the question. I'm sure that not many people were asking for faster horse buggies in the late 19th century, but you certainly ask it and try to find a solution. Note that the problem doesn't have to be pressing to be asked.
- narag 3y ago
  "what problem am I trying to solve?" if you can answer that question and justify AI as an optimization... Replace "AI" with "a machine" and you've just define Industrial Revolution. Having a solution and looking for problems to solve (or create) isnt the mentality of an entrepreneur but of a grifter Why? If the steam engine had just been invented, would it be only justified to use it for whatever problem the original inventor had conceived it?
happytiger 3y ago
Ai as a tool of the business not ai as the business. It’s pretty straightforward.
vasco 3y ago
They mean, don't build an email summarizer. Instead if you already run an email service successfully on its own, you can easily include email summaries that are better due to AI.
j45 3y ago
Sometimes I see a request to create an AI product, when normal code works fine and it's already solved... except they might not be aware.

the secret is to already have a viable business and constantly sprinkle in the latest tech. trends to maintain the illusion of being something fresh and new.

LtWorf 3y ago
That's why our bakery uses AI generated blockchains :D
- cj 3y ago
  My local bakery adopted a new Point of Sale that does a really good job making me feel like I have to tip $2 when buying a donut! No blockchain or AI, but new tech (for them) nonetheless :)
- DonHopkins 3y ago
  My coffeeshop uses Dall-E to render flattering caricatures of customers in ground chocolate and cinnamon on the foamed milk. ;)

johnnyanmac 3y ago

"what problem am I trying to solve?" if you can answer that question and justify AI as an optimization (and all the gray area fallouts that comes with early adoption) then you have a chance at building a viable business with AI. Having a solution and looking for problems to solve (or create) isnt the mentality of an entrepreneur but of a grifter, in my crass cynical opinion. But I can't deny that you ma still make money that way.

iinnPP 3y ago
Having a solution to an unknown problem and working towards finding a problem the solution fills can be rewritten as: Having a problem and looking for a solution. Calling that grifting is strange.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  I did say it was a crass opinion. But just because the audience doesn't know the problem doesn't mean you (the entrepreneur) don't ask the question. I'm sure that not many people were asking for faster horse buggies in the late 19th century, but you certainly ask it and try to find a solution. Note that the problem doesn't have to be pressing to be asked.
narag 3y ago
"what problem am I trying to solve?" if you can answer that question and justify AI as an optimization... Replace "AI" with "a machine" and you've just define Industrial Revolution. Having a solution and looking for problems to solve (or create) isnt the mentality of an entrepreneur but of a grifter Why? If the steam engine had just been invented, would it be only justified to use it for whatever problem the original inventor had conceived it?

happytiger 3y ago

Ai as a tool of the business not ai as the business. It’s pretty straightforward.

vasco 3y ago

They mean, don't build an email summarizer. Instead if you already run an email service successfully on its own, you can easily include email summaries that are better due to AI.

j45 3y ago

Sometimes I see a request to create an AI product, when normal code works fine and it's already solved... except they might not be aware.