It also jumped out at me too cause it was literally the opposite of the most true thing about AI.
Sure, you can argue that it helps and that improves productivity in some niche use cases, but by definition, there isn’t anything real there. It’s an empty husk that has been contorted to echo user prompts based on past Q&A.
It’s literally like calling a foot print something real cause you can reconstruct some of the foot.
I believe the same thing was said about the Internet in the ’90s: “It speeds up communication, but how would anyone earn money from it?”
Although I don’t think we’re anywhere close to AGI or anything like that, current AI development fundamentally changes a few things in our lives: how we find and process information (information retrieval works very well), how we interact with computers (using natural language instead of clicking through interfaces), and how productive we are.
Video generation models are going to bring entertainment to a whole new level. A single person can now create an entire movie without even buying a camera. Entire game development studios can build worlds larger than ever before. Text generation makes disinformation and propaganda insanely cheap and effective. Surveillance will be much easier now, as owning a communication platform not only allows you to search for messages by phrase but also by meaning. Ads will be far more personalized, as AI chat platforms now know us much better than Google — the current leader in this field.
Installing internet and talking to my customer who was a day trader. Told him Google was about to launch their IPO and that I’d go all in if I had any money.
“Their search is the best, but I just don’t see how they’ll ever make any money.”
These AI investors are banking on not being that guy.
And here I am in 2025, saying, “Just don’t see how they’ll make any money.”
The costs are staggering. When the dust settles, who the hell is going to pay those staggering costs to the bubble survivors? At the consumer level, can’t see it. OTOH, people pay for stupid shit like weather apps. 🤷🏻♂️
I foresee AI looking toxic to business pretty quickly. It will be a subscription that’s limited to employees and departments that can demonstrate a need. I don’t fault CEOs for their FOMO, but they’ll quickly wise up.
It also jumped out at me too cause it was literally the opposite of the most true thing about AI.
Sure, you can argue that it helps and that improves productivity in some niche use cases, but by definition, there isn’t anything real there. It’s an empty husk that has been contorted to echo user prompts based on past Q&A.
It’s literally like calling a foot print something real cause you can reconstruct some of the foot.
Reddits search function was so bad it spawned an entire industry.
I believe the same thing was said about the Internet in the ’90s: “It speeds up communication, but how would anyone earn money from it?”
Although I don’t think we’re anywhere close to AGI or anything like that, current AI development fundamentally changes a few things in our lives: how we find and process information (information retrieval works very well), how we interact with computers (using natural language instead of clicking through interfaces), and how productive we are.
Video generation models are going to bring entertainment to a whole new level. A single person can now create an entire movie without even buying a camera. Entire game development studios can build worlds larger than ever before. Text generation makes disinformation and propaganda insanely cheap and effective. Surveillance will be much easier now, as owning a communication platform not only allows you to search for messages by phrase but also by meaning. Ads will be far more personalized, as AI chat platforms now know us much better than Google — the current leader in this field.
So:
I really don’t think so.
Installing internet and talking to my customer who was a day trader. Told him Google was about to launch their IPO and that I’d go all in if I had any money.
“Their search is the best, but I just don’t see how they’ll ever make any money.”
These AI investors are banking on not being that guy.
And here I am in 2025, saying, “Just don’t see how they’ll make any money.”
The costs are staggering. When the dust settles, who the hell is going to pay those staggering costs to the bubble survivors? At the consumer level, can’t see it. OTOH, people pay for stupid shit like weather apps. 🤷🏻♂️
I foresee AI looking toxic to business pretty quickly. It will be a subscription that’s limited to employees and departments that can demonstrate a need. I don’t fault CEOs for their FOMO, but they’ll quickly wise up.