And yet, China is using AI.
…I… don’t know what to think about that.
…I really don’t.
Because it seems that AI is just a scam.
It may “exist” but what it can do is a scam.
Maybe China thinks we have to use it just to “keep up” with the Western powers, but I dunno.
Anyway, interesting discussion with Adam Conover and Ed Zitron. It’s long, but you can listen to it while doing other things. And the comments are interesting too, but then again, there are also trolls in the comments as well (AI supporters here and there).
Frankly, though? I oppose AI. I’m anti-AI. I’m anti-AI in China and anti-AI in America and anti-AI in the whole damn planet.
Some may remember the dotcom days, where everyone was trying to latch internet onto something. You ended up with online pet food and hosiery. When it crashed, it took out a whole swath of companies and a lot of people who had come out to Silicon Valley for the gold rush.
A few years later, it was mobile + X. Just add mobile to coupons, or wine, or car shopping. Then in 2008, we had the housing crash and it took out most of the mobile companies on shaky ground.
The common thread was that a lot of questionable companies dropped out, and many bathrooms were lined with worthless stock options. But we also ended up with companies that had a sustainable business model and survived and became large.
Now, we’re in the mid-stage of the same trajectory. AI + whatever. There will be the inevitable shakeout, lots of companies will go out of business. But we’ll end up with a few strong ones that will solve real problems.
Not sure which ones, but if history is a guide, it will be those that solve sticky, real problems that people are willing to pay for long term.
I truly thought that Groupon was peak mania but little did I know…