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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by singpolyma3 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @02:49PM (#48574922)
I mean. From a financial PoV that's exactly what happened
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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by ben_w on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @03:10PM (#48575274)
Did they, though? Intel, IBM, DEC and Honeywell were big names, but they're not FAANG.

Other than Nintendo, how many games companies today were around back then?

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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by singpolyma3 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @04:00PM (#48576005)
... so your argument is "no actually the second generation did that"?

End result for 100-16 % of Americans is the same

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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by ben_w on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @04:13PM (#48576174)
Other than Apple, FAANG is fourth or fifth generation at least.

And my argument is straight assuming you're OK to say the financial PoV is a good PoV, I'm not arguing for or against that claim.

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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by bastardoperator on Thursday June 18, 2026 @02:10PM (#48589210)
Nintendo, Capcom, Activision, Konami, Sega, Bandai Namco, EA, Sunsoft, Atari, Taito, Bethesda, Tecmo and Naughty dog

All found in the 80's or earlier and still pretty well known today. It could be argued these are different companies today, but they exist.

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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by ben_w on Thursday June 18, 2026 @04:31PM (#48591129)
I'm replying to someone replying to "1960", not "the 80s".

Half the ones I recognise from that list seem to be somewhat older than I realised though.

But everything between and including Bethesda and Atari is more recent than the decade I was replying to. Strictly speaking everything more recent than Saga is more recent, but I did misread it initially as "the 1960s" not "1960".

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