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If there's no monetization, the industry will just collapse. Not a good thing to aspire to. I hope they make money whilst doing these improvements.
by another_twist 11mo ago
If there's no monetization, the industry will just collapse. Not a good thing to aspire to. I hope they make money whilst doing these improvements.
- thrance 11mo agoIf there's no monetization, the industry will just collapse, except for Google, which is probably what they want.
- AlexCoventry 11mo agoThe Chinese AI industry won't collapse, because it's a strategic priority for the PRC, and heavily subsidized.
- verdverm 11mo agoup to the point the Ai industry and people's access to it threatens The Party
- Ericson2314 11mo agoIf people pay for inference, that's revenue. Ads and stuff is plan B for inference being too cheap, or the value being too low.
- gaigalas 11mo ago> the industry will just collapse Wait, so all of that talk of ushering an era of innovation and new opportunities was just a lie, and the thing needs dinosaur-era stuff like ads and online shopping to survive? Seems disingenuous.
- another_twist 11mo agoAds have a very high profit margin. Ultimately we all get to cool shit because some consumer somehwere is buying something. Depending on whether you work in B2B or consumer software you are just a step closer or farther from the consumer. But ultimately its people who dont write code who decide the fate of the software industry.
- gaigalas 11mo ago> Ads have a very high profit margin. I don't get it. "AI is the new electricity", right? Disruptive. A new era. The lightbulb company should be so disruptive that it completely occludes the huge profits of the old and obsolete candle business. If your electricity company starts selling candles, something is wrong at a very deep conceptual level.