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What to build instead of AI agents

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233 points giuliomagnifico | 2 comments | 03 Jul 25 00:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.439s | source
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joeblubaugh ◴[03 Jul 25 01:17 UTC] No.44450631[source]▶
Why do so many examples break down to “send better spam faster”?
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1. malfist ◴[03 Jul 25 01:38 UTC] No.44450768[source]▶
lol, that was literally their example wasn't it? Troll linkedin looking for people and spam them with "personalized" emails.
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2. Animats ◴[03 Jul 25 06:38 UTC] No.44452278[source]▶
That's what's so funny about this.

Spamming is not only obnoxious, but a very weak example. Spamming is so error tolerant that if 30% of the output is totally wrong, the sender won't notice. Response rates are usually very low. This is a singularly un-demanding problem.

You don't even need "AI" for this. Just score LinkedIn profiles based on keywords, and if the score is high enough, send a spam. Draft a few form letters, and send the one most appropriate for the keywords. Probably would have about the same reply rate.