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> AI feels like a solution looking for a problem. The problem is increasing profits by replacing paid labor with something "good enough".
by heavyset_go 10mo ago
> AI feels like a solution looking for a problem.
The problem is increasing profits by replacing paid labor with something "good enough".
- MangoToupe 10mo agoThis is a use case that hasn't yet been proven out, though. "Good enough" for an executive may not be "good enough" to keep the company solvent, and there's no shortage of private equity morons who have no understanding of their own assets.
- heavyset_go 10mo agoI agree, but it's the bet they're making. You don't end up with trillions in investment and valuations with chatbots and meme video generators.
- johnnyanmac 10mo agoDoesn't sound like a very profitable problem to solve. At least, not in the long term (which no one orchestrating this is thinking in).
- heavyset_go 10mo agoLong term is feudalism, the short term is how we get there.
- johnnyanmac 10mo agoWell I wish them the worst of luck. Those doing this need to go back to the 1880s and see how that ended long term.
- kolinko 10mo agoIsn’t this what industrialisation was always about?
- heavyset_go 10mo agoYes, and everything around us was replaced by something "good enough" from a factory unless you paid for real craftsmanship.