Puri: Generic AI Search Will Create Demand for Human Community Wisdom
Shaan Puri · We Bet This App Idea Could Be Bigger Than Reddit · Jul 19, 2024 · at 4:59
Shaan Puri discusses startup opportunities emerging as counter-reactions to technology trends, arguing AI commoditization will increase the value of human-led community advice.
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“In an AI world, a lot of shit's going to change. And if you're gonna just type into, you know, a box, and it's just gonna give you the answer, and it's gonna scrape the internet, it's just gonna give you some generic answer, That's going to be big for sure. There's definitely a market for that, but what's the opposite of that? What craving does that create? And what I realize is it's going to create the craving for almost like the old village wisdom, right? How, how you can get answers from a bunch of humans who you could see their name and face, and they could tell you things that are their personal experience rather than generically the right answer.”
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