| ▲ | didibus 4 hours ago | |
Thing is, it's hard to predict what can be done and what breakthrough or minor tweak can suddenly open up an avenue for a profitable use-case. The cost of missing that opportunity is why they're heavily investing in AI, they don't want to miss the boat if there's going to be one. And what else would they do? What's the other growth path? | ||
| ▲ | binary132 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
this idea that AI is the only thing anyone could possibly do that might be useful has absolutely got to go | ||
| ▲ | layer8 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
> And what else would they do? What's the other growth path? Are you arguing that if LLMs didn’t exist as a technology, they wouldn’t find anything to do and collapse? | ||
| ▲ | solumunus 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
The cost of the boat sinking is also very high and that’s looking like the more likely scenario. Watching your competitors sink huge amounts of capital into a probably sinking boat is a valid strategy. The growth path they were already on was fine no? | ||