Re: Umpteen BILLIONS, Maybe a TRILLION, invested in "AI' - but Almost NO Returns

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Umpteen BILLIONS, Maybe a TRILLION, invested in "AI' - but Almost NO Returns
Date	2025-08-22 11:14 +0100
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On 21/08/2025 21:59, John Ames wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:20:44 +0100
> The Natural Philosopher<tnp@invalid.invalid>  wrote:
> 
>> All driven by the financial emancipation of consumers with far more
>> money than sense..
> There's a lot of things you can pin on consumer stupidity, but I doubt
> this is one of 'em.

That is a perspective gleaned from years of experience selling tech into 
commercial and industrial markets and looking at buyer choices made by 
consumers.
Consumers buy fashionable ShinyShit™ because they can afford to and they 
are bored.
Industrial and commercial businesses by BoringOldShit™ because it will 
do the job at minimal cost.

I think the epitome of that was when I worked a year in a company making 
electric guitars. The principal said 'we aren't selling guitars. We are 
selling dreams. 90% of these will never be played beyond the bedroom'

My summary of that perspective on products is 'All chrome and tailfins' 
referring to the total dross that was the 1950s American car market.

Money spent on styling, but not on making a better car.

And te Americans - whom we referred to during WW2 as 'over sexed, over 
paid, and over here' - just lapped it all up.

Bless!
-- 
Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle 
more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump 
their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the 
battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is 
that they are dead.
Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.

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