This captures something real about how AI hype operates. The Amazon Just Walk Out example nails it because people forget that labor arbitrage has always been cheaper than actual automation for most tasks. Worked briefly ata startup that kept talking bout 'machine learning' when it was basically regex and manual tagging. The economics make sense tho when you factor in howinvestors value the AI label vs actual operational efficiency.
Regular mechanical Turks…
Wrap it in an AI bow and ship it out to bring by $$$ — it’s a fool proof plan! ;)
Thanks Ray
This captures something real about how AI hype operates. The Amazon Just Walk Out example nails it because people forget that labor arbitrage has always been cheaper than actual automation for most tasks. Worked briefly ata startup that kept talking bout 'machine learning' when it was basically regex and manual tagging. The economics make sense tho when you factor in howinvestors value the AI label vs actual operational efficiency.
You just invented AAI, Artificial Artificial Intelligence! If you need a business partner Im available 😁
I LIKE it! Might just steal that phrase...
Sure. Just drop a footnote though 😉
Ray, this sounds like a solid business plan for innovative entrepreneurs 🤣
Selling Pet Rocks required setting up logistics to ship tons of individuallly packaged rocks, so way too much effort.
Vibe coding a new AI powered website takes only a few hours, and you can start pitching to investors the same day.
My worry is that you might be late with the AI bubble, though. But no worries, there is always the next thing that will capture investors minds 💰💰💰.
Thanks for a good laugh this morning.