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> because AI is inevitable.

is anyone else weirded out by folks chanting this like a mantra? imagine saying this for any other emergent tech. "NFTs are inevitable", "crypto is inevitable", "excel is inevitable", etc.

inevitability != usefulness/profitability

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Yes, you are not alone. It's a religious-like ferver that is downright disturbing.

NFTs and crypto had little to no use outside of their niche.

Excel was inevitable. How many trillions of hours has it saved?

AI is going to let me do your job and barely lift a finger. Therefore, inevitable.

These are thermodynamically favored technological outcomes.

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