Re:The Generative AI Con
by skydhash on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @10:23AM
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People are comparing the current rush to the investments made in the early days of the internet while (purposely?) forgetting how expensive access to it was back then. Not saying that AI companies should make a profit today, but I don't see or hear that AI usage is becoming essentials in any way or form.
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Yeah that's the big problem. The Internet (e-commerce, specifically) is an obviously good idea. Technologies which facilitate it are profitable because they participate in an ecosystem which is self sustaining. Brick and mortar businesses have something to gain by investing in an online presence. As far as I can tell, there's nothing similar with AI. The speech to text technology in my phone that I'm using right now to write this post is cool but it's not a killer app in the same way that an online shopping cart is.