Chat GPT AI

Sanrith Descartes said:

Seems tangentially appropriate to this thread so posting it here. I have no idea what app this guy built and don't know that I am going to look but he is correct. We are at an inflection point we haven't been at in a long fucking time. There is opportunity for everyone with half a brain to enter the app market and they no longer have to understand how to code. They just need an idea and to find a space that needs that idea and that isn't already crowded with entrants.

@Amod this thread has encompassed AI in general now that ChatGPT (OpenAI) is no longer the only available LLM. Want to rename the thread to just the AI thread?

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Well, kind of. If not being able to code (or write, or draw, or whatever someone is using AI for) was the only thing stopping someone from being a millionaire, why didn't they learn to code? They had better stuff to do than learning something that was apparently worth millions to them? And why aren't all coders currently running million dollar businesses? Coding was never the important part.

I'm sure some people will make a ton of money with their pop-up AI businesses, but people have been writing similar books for years: make money with etsy, amazon, ebay, seo, dropshipping, etc. None of them required coding. Just like with the others, a few will make a killing and then copycats will flood their niche. The difficulty in doing something is a big part of what makes it valuable. If someone can set up a business in an hour with no special skill or experience, so can everyone else.

I think the magic really happens when people who already have skills and experience are able to leverage those to do something that wouldn't be possible (or at least obvious) to others. I mean, this was always true, but AI acceleration might make it truer.