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    We also don’t know the true cost of these tools since most AI service providers are still operating at a loss.

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      Not simply operating at a loss, absolutely dumping their prices giving away their products for almost nothing to gain market share. They are burning money at an impressive rate, just for some imaginary payoff in the future.

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        The same was true for YouTube, in the beginning they operated at a loss, and when people were hooked on the service, they monetized it.

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        So many companies are going to get burnt by it

        I know people replacing basic tools with AI versions that are basically just running the simply tool and pretty printing the output

        They’re only foing it because it’s basically free to run it through AI. That whois but with AI is going to be so expensive when these companies enshittif-AI

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        It’s hard to imagine that gaining market share is even meaningful right now. There’s such a profusion of stuff out there. How much does it actually mean if someone is using your product today, I wonder?

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    As a non native English speaker, I found the “pilot” thing a bit confusing. But:

    pilot = pilot program

    And then it made sense.

    Anyways I think it’s not so much the 95% that fail that matter, it’s the 5% that succeed.

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      Anyways I think it’s not so much the 95% that fail that matter, it’s the 5% that succeed.

      Succeeding in what is also a critical point.

      Succeeding in dramatically improving the library sciences? In rapidly sequencing and modeling data in chemistry or biology? In language translation? Cool. Cool. Cool.

      Succeeding in slop-ifying mass media? In convincingly fabricating data to dupe industry professionals and regulatory officials? In jamming up my phone with automated sales calls? Less cool.

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        Correct, not all things that matter are positive.

        But it’s the 5% we need to focus on.

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    for example, “have seen revenues jump from zero to $20 million in a year,” he said. “It’s because they pick one pain point, execute well, and partner smartly with companies who use their tools,” he added.

    Sounds like they were able to sell their AI services. That doesn’t really measure AI success, only product market success.

    Celebrating a revenue jump from zero, presumably because they did not exist before, is… quite surprising. It’s not like they became more efficient thanks to AI.

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    Makes a planet burning bullshit machine.

    Does not have any monetization plans.

    “I’m telling you guys, it’s only a matter of time before investor money starts rolling in”

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      Oh, the investor money already rolled in.

      It’s just that investors also want it to roll back out again. That’s what they’re going to struggle with.

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    All work with AI has to be double checked. It only works on the first try in the simplest of cases. Even then I need it to run through a few iterations to get the code features I want. You still have to be able to run through the code and understand it regardless of the source.

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    I hope you’re all keeping some money set aside for when the LLM bubble pops. It could end up being the best time to invest at a discount since March 2020.

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      When Trump got elected I sold some of my stocks. My investments are also my retirement funds, so I don’t need them for a while. I’m waiting until the next crash starts, or something else that’s pretty bad (war, rogue AI, whatever). If the market crashes I can immediately step in.

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        Nice.

        I recently sold a portion of my crypto at a profit and am just keeping it in a money market for the moment. I want to have a certain amount to throw in stocks when the next crash comes, but don’t want to lose out on some of the good things happening now in terms of investing.

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        Oil stocks were down 90% in March 2020. That’s what I went with. You can profit off a lot of things if you’re willing to hold for a few years.

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          I once had stocks in Shell, mainly because it’s a Dutch company (I’m Dutch) and its a pretty stable investment. But it felt very wrong to invest in oil. So after a few months I sold them (thankfully with a little profit).

          Personally I just don’t want to invest in anything I think fucks up the world. It’s also why I don’t want to invest in meta and some other tech companies.

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            It’s true. A person has to make the best choices for themselves.

            Oil stock, in my case, paid off my student loans and paid for the down payment on my home, and just in time too given that the US leaders have allowed things to get so bad for the people in those arenas.

            The way I justify it to myself is that, as far as investing goes, I am among the smallest of the small fish. Unless you own enough to sway votes in a public company, your investment doesn’t particularly matter as far as a company’s policies and behavior.

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    I’m confused by the article suddenly changing to seemingly other semi-related topics and pieces.