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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. ryandrake ◴[] No.44974956[source]
I wouldn't even call it a feature. It's enabling technology. I've never once said "I would like AI in [some product]." I say: "I would like to be able to [do this task]." If the company adds that feature to a product, I'll buy it. I don't care if the company used AI, traditional algorithms, or sorcery to make the feature work--I just care that it does what I want it to do.

Too many companies are just trying to spoon AI into their product somehow, as if AI itself is a desired feature, and are forgetting to find an actual user problem for it to actually solve.

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2. ponector ◴[] No.44978237[source]
>> I've never once said "I would like AI in [some product]

But that is exactly what we got. AI washing machine! AI espresso machine! And many more AI tools.