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AI is like the promise of back when consumer internet was just popping off.

You can have all the knowledge at your fingertips!

What actually happened: ads shoved down our throats and way more distractions (porn, games, etc.)

Meanwhile math and reading levels continue to plummet.

So I don’t have high hopes. Those of us who use tools to succeed will continue to do so. Others who can’t control themselves will keep complaining. Nothing new.

AI will give us an answer with ads shoved into it with companies bidding to show their ad with the answer. People will do degenerate shit with AI, and gaming addiction will continue. People will still keep blaming the system and wondering why they can’t get ahead while spending most of their free time wasting it on gambling, porn, and games instead of learning.

The world will be split unevenly into people who research to contribute to AI knowledge base, and people who simply consume AI content.

The question is. How will we (the enlightened ones lol) make money off it?




Having been through a few technology cycles now, I am also skeptical. We're in the honeymoon phase where anything seems possible and everything is cheap or free (VC/company subsidized). What will AI look like when it comes time to pay the piper? More ads? Perpetual subscriptions?


The consumer internet is a blessing and a curse. Without consumers the internet doesn't have much economic benefit. To use the internet to sell things you need the normies- so you pull all the non-technical people onto the internet where they are scammed, hacked, and manipulated at scale.


That's my point. Same with AI.




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