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Survey shows most people wouldn't pay extra for AI-enhanced hardware | 84% of people said no (www.techspot.com)
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Companies are going all-in on artificial intelligence right now, investing millions or even billions into the area while slapping the AI initialism on their products, even when doing so seems strange and pointless.

Heavy investment and increasingly powerful hardware tend to mean more expensive products. To discover if people would be willing to pay extra for hardware with AI capabilities, the question was asked on the TechPowerUp forums.

The results show that over 22,000 people, a massive 84% of the overall vote, said no, they would not pay more. More than 2,200 participants said they didn't know, while just under 2,000 voters said yes.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why would I pay more for x company to have a robot half ass the work of all the employees they're gonna cut?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

So the trades have been unknowingly fucking with AI for decades, because of the time honored tradition of fucking with apprentices.

A lot of forums are filled with absolutely unhinged advice, and sprinkled in there is some good advice. If you know what you're doing, you can spot the bullshit.

But if you don't know anything about it, the advice seems perfectly reasonable. There's a skill in giving unhinged advice. Literally you can't get your master cert without convincing at least one apprentice to ask where the board stretcher is.

Do I actually have a dedicated vise for Vaseline when I run a tap cycle or is that old timer bullshit? HOW WOULD YOU POSSIBLY KNOW??