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54. IBM and McDs couldn't make an AI menu system work consistently, I doubt others success

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If You Have Investments in Anything Related to AI, Start Unloading Them. [View all] MineralMan Yesterday OP

I work for a Multinational Corp. TBA Yesterday #1

Just like the dot com bubble Dave says Yesterday #6

The problem is not with the product. The problem is the way the FINANCING of the product is structured. 3Hotdogs 21 hrs ago #22

It's not the same gulliver 13 hrs ago #47

They also make hardware in addition to software Sympthsical 1 hr ago #58

Lots of companies are integrating AI angrychair 19 hrs ago #40

This has been my firsthand experience as well. W_HAMILTON 18 hrs ago #44

My nursing school uses AI to teach Sympthsical 1 hr ago #59

I also am old enough to remember the first time i saw the internet... W_HAMILTON 18 hrs ago #43

IBM and McDs couldn't make an AI menu system work consistently, I doubt others success uponit7771 2 hrs ago #54

I entirely agree dickthegrouch Yesterday #2

these doom and gloom financial predictions rollin74 Yesterday #3

Everyone here thinks they're Michael Burry fujiyamasan 22 hrs ago #13

... cause this time circular financing without organic income is different this time? uponit7771 1 hr ago #61

AI, grok, crypto..................... Lovie777 Yesterday #4

While I understand your point, I believe AI is more in the over-promised stage similar to right before the Dot.com artemisia1 Yesterday #5

I agree Dave says Yesterday #7

Partially right, IMO Happy Hoosier Yesterday #8

21st century needs require 21st century tools.... anciano 23 hrs ago #9

Most of the junk you see isn't good quality ai jfz9580m 13 hrs ago #46

The valuations don't make much sense fujiyamasan 23 hrs ago #10

I'm more inclined to listen to my trained financial advisors. Gore1FL 23 hrs ago #11

The zillow dollar question is not if, CanonRay 23 hrs ago #12

AI has been around for a long time. LeftInTX 22 hrs ago #14

No. They are not interchangeable terms. Celerity 22 hrs ago #15

But it's used in common speech nowadays LeftInTX 22 hrs ago #20

It seems if many non-AI things are now being re-branded as AI Deminpenn 10 hrs ago #50

Same advice I always give: don't make financial decisions based on buy or sell advice from a DU poster. onenote 22 hrs ago #16

Yes, I've been here for decades fujiyamasan 21 hrs ago #29

If I took investing advice here, I would have sold everything years ago and hid it in a mattress somewhere MichMan 6 hrs ago #52

I completely agree about your assessment of Crypto currency Buddyzbuddy 22 hrs ago #17

Like it or not, AI has a solid function in business Mr.WeRP 22 hrs ago #18

Who has money to invest? ThreeNoSeep 22 hrs ago #19

Well, A.I. has destroyed my profession entirely already. OldBaldy1701E 21 hrs ago #21

I'll have you know that I've invested heavily in crypto Orrex 21 hrs ago #23

LOL! MineralMan 21 hrs ago #25

Yeah, but with hotels!!?!?! dutch777 21 hrs ago #31

Whoa--easy there, moneybags! Orrex 20 hrs ago #38

The problem here isn't whether AI (I hate that name, its so false) will exist into the future, it will Cheezoholic 21 hrs ago #24

There is chatter about how the " large language model" isn't the right one Klarkashton 21 hrs ago #26

Not Quite Metaphorical 20 hrs ago #37

Correct, too much hallucinating uponit7771 2 hrs ago #55

You're right. I'm going straight into scratch lottery tickets underpants 21 hrs ago #27

I didn't buy Micron at 12 cents in 1984 bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #28

Yep, people coming out of Forest Gump likely thought they "missed the boat" with Apple in 1994 fujiyamasan 21 hrs ago #30

We started getting into Nvidia about three years ago Sympthsical 1 hr ago #63

Good call on nvdia fujiyamasan 1 hr ago #64

Yeah, we've been conservative Sympthsical 45 min ago #65

I think for some of us in our forties we became particularly risk averse after the Great Recession fujiyamasan 31 min ago #66

Exact same here Sympthsical 4 min ago #67

The fake-looking generated art and chatbots are but a sliver of what AI is and can do TheProle 21 hrs ago #32

I've been saying this on Linked In Metaphorical 21 hrs ago #33

The big money return in crypto is::: Norrrm 20 hrs ago #34

AI works for some things Diraven 20 hrs ago #35

"It is not really intelligent and has no ability to truly create anything." dedl67 20 hrs ago #36

Agree.... anciano 20 hrs ago #39

doubtful. WarGamer 19 hrs ago #41

Yes, Gemini 3 is impressive and much faster than before fujiyamasan 18 hrs ago #42

This is from Gemini itself uponit7771 1 hr ago #60

It's fucking boring and it makes the people who use it fucking boring. hunter 14 hrs ago #45

AI is changing the world for the better gulliver 13 hrs ago #48

Remember how computers were going to reduce the amount of paperwork we suffered... hunter 6 hrs ago #51

Now do hallucination rate uponit7771 2 hrs ago #56

I think that's a bit starry-eyed Happy Hoosier 1 hr ago #62

Sell Ford and buy Jeremiah Buggy stock.....1912 Melon 13 hrs ago #49

Right now Fords engine doesn't work like they said it does, of course sell Ford uponit7771 1 hr ago #57

Cryptocurrency is literally hot air. Qutzupalotl 2 hrs ago #53