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We are at the stage where most creative experienced persons with at least a year or savings (of their expenses) should look to a self-bootstrapped AI-assisted e

We are at the stage where most creative experienced persons with at least a year or savings (of their expenses) should look to a self-bootstrapped AI-assisted entrepreneurship instead of a job. AI changes the game to enhance the chances of entrepreneurial success. Also, when you are working for yourself, it doesn't really feel like work. When you write truth to power, you get downvoted and suppressed!

Applejinx 2y ago
There's a couple problems causing this negative appraisal of your 'truth'. Firstly, there's no reason to assume 'AI-assisted' will help you in any way. You might consider that by definition that places you in a position interchangeable with any other person or indeed running the AI by itself, without you. Secondly, 'most' creative experienced persons? As someone who's successfully-ish done the thing you're talking about, WOOF. No. In fact, I would suggest based on my experience and perspective, that a person looking to rely on AI assistance is the last person who should attempt to be entrepreneurial. I guess go ahead if you must? If it doesn't really feel like work, it probably isn't work. If it doesn't seem meaningful because it's just chasing what an AI tells you to do, it's probably not going to stick out with any competitive distinctiveness. And if you are only doing it for yourself, you should keep your day job because that's not enough to succeed at business.
- OutOfHere 2y ago
  If someone doesn't yet feel substantially empowered by AI, then they just don't know how to use it very well, and also lack the imagination to do so. It's a lot more than just asking ChatGPT. AI is not a substitute for personal effort; it's a tool for going where one struggles to go alone. For work to not feel like work, one has to be super passionate about the goal that one is working toward, and this is never possible at a job. Most people have forgotten what it means to have a personal passion, some of which can also manifest a commercial angle. To make a long comment short, AI is the missing glue in ikigai that brings everything together.
  - nunez 2y ago
    If only this flavor of AI wasn't being used to substitute actual work and employment at large.
  - Applejinx 2y ago
    Oddly, right now I'm seeing a lot of federal workers in the US talking about how they've struggled for years to get into positions where the mission they serve is deeply important to them, so much so that they'd pass over private sector work and did just that.
ForOldHack 2y ago
Just at the small cost of your soul. For some this is a small price to pay, and for others, the cost is enormous. Will AI make fundimental differences in the way life works? Look at every single stoplight that is green while no cars are waiting. Want to ask AI, that question?
disambiguation 2y ago
Better yet, has someone figured out a way to use AI to punch people in the gut? That kind of optimization would be really great for velocity.
- caseyy 2y ago
  Leveraging continuous innovation, this individual would drive team and industry advancements towards scales of operational efficiency not seen before. Their visionary contributions will redefine AI integration, ensuring access to robust, strategic, gut-punching partnerships. What a team-player.

Applejinx 2y ago

There's a couple problems causing this negative appraisal of your 'truth'. Firstly, there's no reason to assume 'AI-assisted' will help you in any way. You might consider that by definition that places you in a position interchangeable with any other person or indeed running the AI by itself, without you. Secondly, 'most' creative experienced persons? As someone who's successfully-ish done the thing you're talking about, WOOF. No. In fact, I would suggest based on my experience and perspective, that a person looking to rely on AI assistance is the last person who should attempt to be entrepreneurial. I guess go ahead if you must? If it doesn't really feel like work, it probably isn't work. If it doesn't seem meaningful because it's just chasing what an AI tells you to do, it's probably not going to stick out with any competitive distinctiveness. And if you are only doing it for yourself, you should keep your day job because that's not enough to succeed at business.

OutOfHere 2y ago
If someone doesn't yet feel substantially empowered by AI, then they just don't know how to use it very well, and also lack the imagination to do so. It's a lot more than just asking ChatGPT. AI is not a substitute for personal effort; it's a tool for going where one struggles to go alone. For work to not feel like work, one has to be super passionate about the goal that one is working toward, and this is never possible at a job. Most people have forgotten what it means to have a personal passion, some of which can also manifest a commercial angle. To make a long comment short, AI is the missing glue in ikigai that brings everything together.
- nunez 2y ago
  If only this flavor of AI wasn't being used to substitute actual work and employment at large.
- Applejinx 2y ago
  Oddly, right now I'm seeing a lot of federal workers in the US talking about how they've struggled for years to get into positions where the mission they serve is deeply important to them, so much so that they'd pass over private sector work and did just that.

ForOldHack 2y ago

Just at the small cost of your soul. For some this is a small price to pay, and for others, the cost is enormous. Will AI make fundimental differences in the way life works? Look at every single stoplight that is green while no cars are waiting. Want to ask AI, that question?

disambiguation 2y ago

Better yet, has someone figured out a way to use AI to punch people in the gut? That kind of optimization would be really great for velocity.

caseyy 2y ago
Leveraging continuous innovation, this individual would drive team and industry advancements towards scales of operational efficiency not seen before. Their visionary contributions will redefine AI integration, ensuring access to robust, strategic, gut-punching partnerships. What a team-player.