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Microsoft employees are doubtful of AI's capabilities and company's AI bet

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74 points thereeldeel | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 23:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source
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bfrog ◴[21 Nov 24 05:24 UTC] No.42201397[source]▶
Aren’t we all skeptical? What’s the real value exactly.
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Cumpiler69 ◴[21 Nov 24 12:07 UTC] No.42203508[source]▶
>Aren’t we all skeptical? What’s the real value exactly.

What's the value in the 7 billion Meta paid for WhatsApp?

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high_na_euv ◴[21 Nov 24 12:18 UTC] No.42203583[source]▶
Data
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Cumpiler69 ◴[21 Nov 24 12:25 UTC] No.42203636[source]▶
So then why doesn't this argument apply to AI? Why do people think AI is gonna be worthless?
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high_na_euv ◴[21 Nov 24 12:29 UTC] No.42203660[source]▶
WhatsApp is data generator

AI feels more like data utilizer

Sure, you can save the queries, but it aint much

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Cumpiler69 ◴[21 Nov 24 13:11 UTC] No.42203984[source]▶
Consumers are drawn into your service by convenience. They'd much rather get their answer via a quick AI chat than swifitng through pages of your data. Yeah, data is valuable, but if consumers have no easy way to get what they want from it, it becomes useless.
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1. mgh2 ◴[21 Nov 24 15:16 UTC] No.42205087[source]▶
WhatsApp when bought already had traction, Copilot seems forced
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2. bfrog ◴[21 Nov 24 22:47 UTC] No.42209483[source]▶
Copilot feels like I’m getting a personal health examination I didn’t ask for, need, or want.