| ▲ | IshKebab 5 hours ago | |
This is like claiming that the web is a failure in 2001. | ||
| ▲ | amanaplanacanal 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
It depends on what you mean by failure. Economists tried to measure the gains in productivity from the rollout of computing, Internet, etc, across the economy, and couldn't actually find any. | ||
| ▲ | jdlshore 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I think a more apt analogy is that it’s like claiming that most web businesses are unprofitable in 1999. Bleeding obvious in retrospect, controversial at the time. | ||
| ▲ | Jtarii 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
>This is like claiming that the web is a failure in 2001. AI will finish what the web and social media started I guess. | ||
| ▲ | VenturingVole 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Many did. This Apollo "economist" would have fitted right in. | ||
| ▲ | sgarrity 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Sometimes I wonder… | ||