Why is AI so slow to spread?

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That's a whole lot of twisting to avoid admitting "it usually doesn't work, and even when it does work, it's usually not cost-effective even at the heavily-subsidized prices."

Or maybe it's more about refusing to admit that executives are out of touch with concrete reality and are just blindly chasing trends instead.

> such as datasets that are not properly integrated into the cloud

I believe this is a core issue that needs to be addressed. I believe companies will need tools to make their data "AI ready" beyond things like RAG. I believe there needs to be a bridge between companies data-lakes and the LLM (or GenAI) systems. Instead of cutting people out of the loop (which a lot of systems seem to be attempting) I believe we need ways to expose the data in ways that allow rank-and-file employees to deploy the data effectively. Instead of threatening to replace the employees, which leads them to be intransigent in adoption, we should focus on empowering employees to use and shape the data.

Very interesting to see the Economist being so bullish on AI though.

Slow?? AI is literally being shoved into everything. It took only several years to see AI being advertised as a magic pill everywhere.

It’s not meeting the expectations, probably because of this aggressive advertising. But I would in no way say that it’s spreading slow. It is fast.

I don't use AI often in my work because it is

   not sufficiently useful 
   not sufficiently trustworthy.

Conversely, I support folks who have the complete opposite experience. AI is of great benefit to them and has hugely increased their productivity.

The reality might just be that most technology is slow to spread? But it also depends on what you mean by slow. The name ChatGPT became part of popular culture extremely quickly.

reminds me of crypto a bit. most people i know are apathetic or dismissive.

when i see normies use it - its to make selfies with celebrities.

in 5-10 years AI will everywhere. a massive inequality creator.

those who know how to use it and those who can afford the best tools.

the biggest danger is dependency on AI. i really see people becoming dumber and dumber as they outsource more basic cognitive functions and decisions to AI.

and business will use it like any other tool. to strengthen their monopolies and extract more and more value out of less and less resources.

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