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The AI wildfire is coming. it's going to be painful and healthy

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117 points LordAtlas | 3 comments | 07 Dec 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ForHackernews ◴[07 Dec 25 17:42 UTC] No.46183481[source]▶
> Businesses aren’t asking “do we want AI capabilities?” They’re asking “how much can we get, and how soon?”

This is only because businesses are full of folks with short-sighted FOMO desperately trying to cram AI features into any product they can. AI is the new digital clock.

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AbrahamParangi ◴[07 Dec 25 18:11 UTC] No.46183692[source]▶
Candidly, the accusation of short-sightedness doesn't really make sense when it comes to enthusiasm in a technology which often in practice falls short today but which in certain cases and in more cases tomorrow than today is worth tremendous business value.

If anything, you should accuse them of foolhardy recklessness. They are not the sticks in the mud.

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1. ForHackernews ◴[07 Dec 25 18:45 UTC] No.46183974[source]▶
Rushing to get on board something that looks like it might be the next big thing is often short-sighted. Some recent examples include Windows XP: Tablet Edition and Google Glass.
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2. AbrahamParangi ◴[07 Dec 25 20:58 UTC] No.46185102[source]▶
That's like saying that gambling is shortsighted. It depends entirely on the odds as to whether or not it's wise, but "shortsighted" implies that making the bet precludes some future course of action.
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3. ForHackernews ◴[08 Dec 25 11:13 UTC] No.46190977[source]▶
Maybe if you have near-infinite wealth like Google or Microsoft you aren't precluding future choices. For most economic actors, making some bets means not making others.

Companies that are hastily shoehorning AI into their customer support systems could instead devote resources to improving the core product to reduce the need for support.