This is what always confused me about VC AI enthusiasm. Their moat is the capital. As AI improves, it destroys their moat. And yet, they are stoked to invest in it, the architects of their own demise.

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ironhaven 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Don't you have that backwards? If AI gets so good that it can replace all human labor, will capital like money and data centers be the only moat left?

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georgemcbay 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> If AI gets so good that it can replace all human labor, will capital like money and data centers be the only moat left?

If AI gets good enough to replace all human labor then actual physical moats to keep the hungry, rioting replaced humans away will be the most important moats.

	▲	satvikpendem 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Which is bought by money in the first place, see billionaire doomsday bunkers. The poor will not have such a bunker.

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toomuchtodo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How powerful is the device you wrote this comment from? On prem or self hosted affordable inference is inevitable.

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fullshark an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

There’s no alternative, they can’t collectively freeze out all AI investment and force it to die.