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I remember in the early days of the web people said similar things about online shopping. The LL Bean catalog had more photos in higher resolution than their ea

I remember in the early days of the web people said similar things about online shopping. The LL Bean catalog had more photos in higher resolution than their early e-commerce website, and you would call a phone number and talk to a person who knew the clothing in order to purchase from the catalog. No one would want to buy on a website… We are in the beginning days here. I expect chatbot advances to similarly start with a lesser customer experience but to eclipse human service in the next decade or so. We’ll all see, I guess :)

8b16380d 2y ago
Well, the bar is pretty low so I suppose you’re right.
throwacc11 2y ago
HN is full of people who thought who needs Dropbox when we have rsync. AI is gonna replace everything. Bubble or not it's gonna last for a decade (worst crypto bubble is still going on). Better all jump on the bandwagon before its too late
- JohnFen 2y ago
  > Better all jump on the bandwagon before its too late Heh, my take is the opposite. Better to get out before it's too late.
heelix 2y ago
In the early days of the web, that is exactly what we did. I was part of a home shopping network, prior to HTTPS being a thing. We were given enough budget to put together a pentium pro, a fractional T1, and coded up a website in C++ that allowed folks to use the same cable TV call center infrastructure. That original 5K generated 200k+ orders.