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How I keep up with AI progress

(blog.nilenso.com)
263 points itzlambda | 4 comments | 18 Jul 25 18:36 UTC | HN request time: 1.215s | source
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phyzome ◴[18 Jul 25 19:51 UTC] No.44609055[source]▶
The article doesn't actually explain the "why", which severely undercuts the existence of the "how" list.

It's fine to go do other things with your precious time instead.

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1. pizzathyme ◴[18 Jul 25 19:59 UTC] No.44609131[source]▶
Exactly. I have been questioning the need to "keep up". As the best AI innovations arrive, the ones that are useful will eventually make their way to the mainstream (and me). I didn't "keep up" with the nascent development of spreadsheets or Google Docs. Once they were widely used, I adopted them just fine, and haven't missed out on anything.

Unless you are building an AI startup furiously searching for PMF before your runway expires, I don't see the urgency.

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2. gowld ◴[18 Jul 25 20:55 UTC] No.44609734[source]▶
Someone who keeps up on AI and finds productivity gains will outcompete someone who doesn't, even for activities that aren't develoing new AI weren't AI-based before.

What is an "AI startup"? If you add a chatbot do your product, are you an "AI startup"? Does "startup" require having no moat? Can you be an established stable business that loses everything to a startup that leapfrogs your tech, AltaVista?

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3. _se ◴[19 Jul 25 11:47 UTC] No.44614699[source]▶
Or, they'll waste their time on trivial nonsense and get nothing useful done. Which is seeming more and more likely every day.
4. itsafarqueue ◴[19 Jul 25 12:14 UTC] No.44614879[source]▶
Every startup is now an AI startup.