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jampa ◴[] No.44974731[source]
The biggest mistake people are making is treating AI as a product instead of a feature.

While people are doing their work, they don't think, "Oh man, I am really excited to talk with AI today, and I can't wait to talk with a chatbot."

People want to do their jobs without being too bored and overwhelmed, and that's where AI comes in. But of course, we cannot hype features; we sell products after all, so that's the state we are in.

If you go to Notion, Slack, or Airtable, the headline emphasizes AI first instead of "Text Editor, Corporate Chat etc".

The problem is that AI is not "the thing", it is the "tool that gets you to the thing".

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1. jameshart ◴[] No.44974758[source]
Agreed. We’ve got the potential to build real bicycles for the mind here and marketing departments are jumping right in to trying to sell people spandex cycling shorts.