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DyslexicAtheist ◴[20 Nov 24 19:35 UTC] No.42197320[source]▶
every other article these days on this site is about AI. And it's incredibly tedious and annoying.

Isn't it enough that clueless marketers who get their Tech knowledge from businessinsider and bloomberg are constantly harping on about AI.

Seems we as a community have resigned or given up in this battle against common sense. Maybe long ago. Still there should be some form of moderation penalizing these shill posts that only glorify AI as being the future, ... the same way that not everything about crypto or the blockchain ended up on the FP. Seems with AI we're looking the other way and are OK with it?

Or maybe it's me.

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dgfitz ◴[20 Nov 24 19:38 UTC] No.42197353[source]▶
Nah, it’s not just you.

AI is really neat. I don’t understand how a business model that makes money pops out on the other end.

At least crypto cashed out on NFTs for a while.

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1. gopalv ◴[20 Nov 24 19:49 UTC] No.42197440[source]▶
> I don’t understand how a business model that makes money pops out on the other end

Tractors and farming.

By turning what is traditionally a labour intensive product into a capital intensive one.

For now, the farmers who own tractors will beat the farmers who need to hire, house and retain workers (or half a dozen children).

This goes well for quite some time, where you can have 3 people handle acres & acres.

I'll be around explaining how coffee beans can't be picked by a tractor or how vanilla can't be pollinated with it.

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2. dragontamer ◴[20 Nov 24 20:08 UTC] No.42197623[source]▶
And I'll be around explaining why it's a bad idea to stockpile $X00,000,000 worth of Equipment in Columbia, where coffee grows readily.

Capital intensive industries require low crime and geopolitical stability. Strongman politics means that investors who buy such equipment will simply be robbed at literal gunpoint by local gangs.

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3. dgfitz ◴[20 Nov 24 20:17 UTC] No.42197701[source]▶
I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that, largely, farmers do not own their equipment. They lease it, and it costs a lot.

Edit: Also, 3 people can handle 100 acres of land, given the crop. That happens today.

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4. SubiculumCode ◴[20 Nov 24 21:17 UTC] No.42198210[source]▶
depends on the crop. Strawberries? No. Wheat, yes.
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5. dgfitz ◴[20 Nov 24 21:36 UTC] No.42198352{3}[source]▶
Sure does. I agree. Crop-type wasn't specified.

Edit: Crop-type was specified, I was incorrect.

6. mangamadaiyan ◴[21 Nov 24 00:33 UTC] No.42199749[source]▶
Nitpick: s/Columbia/Colombia/