very_well_lost

I think they've really underestimated just how little consumers care about IP when the product attached to it is trash.

20 years ago, Halo was one of the most beloved gaming IPs. Now, after a decade of garbage, hardly anyone gives a shit about it.

Why TF does Jack Sparrow have a revolver that was invented in the 19th century...?

EDIT: and what the fuck is going on with the ring on his pinky finger? Or the backwards cigarette sticking out of his lip (not his mouth)? Fuck this cheap AI slop.

When the name is worth more than the product, you know the whole industry is bullshit.

Zimulated

Jesus... I totally misread the article. I thought it was 6 trillion total, not 6 trillion yearly revenue. That's so, so much worse.

We're up to 8.3 billion people now, fam.

6 trillion / 8.3 billion = ~750

And that number has to be spread over 5 years since the target date to raise the 6 trillion is 2031.

750 / 5 = 150

But, like I said, that's still just a conservative estimate that doesn't account for the fact that the AI firms have astronomical operating costs to cover.

In order to make $6 trillion by 2031, every human being on earth would have to spend at least $150 per year on average.

Maybe that doesn't sound like a lot if you're already paying a $100 a month for a Claude max subscription or whatever, but consider that the vast majority of people don't pay for any AI at all, and have no interest in ever paying for it.

Also, $150 is a best-case scenario where revenue is 100% profit. In actual reality, the profit margins are much, much lower, and may not even exist at all!

What we like to call a "target-rich environment"

https://xkcd.com/1171/

AI slop gonna AI slop

That fact that this is one of the most grossly over-engineered websites I've ever seen really undercuts the point of the article for me.

It's a fucking blog post. Not everything needs to have animated UI and fancy scrolling and interactive elements. Just let me read, Jesus Christ...

"chose not to" glosses over a LOT of nuance. Saying that 1/3 of Americans just choose not to vote may be technically true, but it's basically the same thing as saying certain ethnic groups commit more crime while completely ignoring the historical, political, economic and cultural forces that created that situation.