Commenter argues AI business models are weak regardless of technical capability
5 Yesterday 9:36 PM · 18h ago · 4 comments · 1 source · development 5 of 6
A commenter agrees with the essay's economic framing but adds that AI companies themselves may face a "mid term economic outlook" problem because the underlying businesses aren't sound, separate from whether the technology is powerful.
“it doesn't matter that the tech is powerful (and it can be powerful and bad, btw), it just matters whether the businesses are good: and they aren't good”
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It’s been a long time since a first sentence in a post on Lobste.rs has been as off putting as this one.
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> The risk isn’t that the AI bubble is going to crash the markets That will happen too. For the mid term economic outlook, it doesn't matter that the tech is powerful (and it can be powerful and bad, btw), it just matters whether the businesses are good: and they aren't good (paraphrasing a recent Eisman interview). I agree with the gist here tho…
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Drunk driving is such a great analogy for vibecoding. It's fun but...
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Technology gives people power and that power can amplify a bad decision. Maybe you’d prefer the exhausted image of a man using a hammer on his own head.
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