| ▲ | johnnyanmac 9 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It did. I question the issue of "what problem am I trying to solve" with AI, though. Transportation across a huge swath of land had a clear problem space, and trains offered a very clear solution; created dedicated railing and you can transport 100x the resources at 10x the speed of a horseman (and I'm probably underselling these gains). In times where trekking across a continent took months, the efficiencies in communication and supply lines are immediately clear. AI feels like a solution looking for a problem. Especially with 90% of consumer facing products. Were people asking for better chatbots, or to quickly deepfake some video scene? I think the bubble popping will re-reveal some incredible backend tools in tech, medical, and (eventually) robotics. But I don't think this is otherwise solving the problems they marketed on. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | heavyset_go 8 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> AI feels like a solution looking for a problem. The problem is increasing profits by replacing paid labor with something "good enough". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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