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AI's impact looks more like the washing machine than like the internet

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6 points by josvdwest 2 months ago · 2 comments

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techblueberry 2 months ago

Interesting, because I've come to the exact opposite conclusion, outside a few edge cases, it seems like the core way people expect to make money from AI is social networking(1), streaming video(2), search(3) and porn(4), exactly the core functions of the internet:

1. https://openai.com/index/sora-2/ 2. https://www.meta.ai/vibes 3. https://www.perplexity.ai/ 4. https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/sam-altman-says-chatgpt-wi...

chewz 2 months ago

I have listened recently to other argument on Hidden Forces podcast.

Washing machines made Great Recession particularly brutal. Washing other people's laundry used to be popular way to supplement home budget when the man of the house lost his job. In 1930 better off people already had washing machines so one way of falling back on doing other people laundry have been eliminated.

Soon some people may find out that some bullshit jobs do not exist anymore.

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