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AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom

222 points · 335 comments · Betelbuddy

vdombr · 1790714818 · focus · HN ↗
It's been almost half a year since we got powerful enough models, and I'm wondering, where are all those great things that were created with them? Maybe it's just me, but nothing has changed in my life so far. No improvements, but definitely, I need to be more careful when reading, listening, watching, and using things, as bad quality slowly creeps everywhere.
1. drivebyhooting · 1790715133 · focus · HN ↗
  Do you build things for yourself? I’ve unlocked tremendous value just by scratching my own itches so to speak.
  But taking those bespoke contraptions to market is not something I want to out effort into. Especially when anyone can just clone it with AI.
  The AI revolution might not show up so easily in GDP.
  1. bojan · 1790715447 · focus · HN ↗
    So you've unlocked tremendous value, but you're not earning any money?
    So where is the value? Have you built that one application you always wished existed but it wasn't available?
    0x457 · 1790717634 · focus · HN ↗
    > Have you built that one application you always wished existed but it wasn't available?
    Yes, more than one and I use them a lot. Not being good at design and not liking front-end, among a few other things, work always stopped from from building them before,
    > So you've unlocked tremendous value, but you're not earning any money?
    No, I also don't make money from my coffee machine, but it provides value.

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