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Survey shows most people wouldn't pay extra for AI-enhanced hardware | 84% of people said no (www.techspot.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

One of our helpdesk told me about his amazing idea for our software the other day.

"We should integrate AI into it..."

"Right? And have it do what?"

"Uh, I don't know"

This from the same man who came up with an idea for orange juice pumped directly into your home, and you pay with crypto.

And the scary thing is, I can imaging these things coming out of the mouths of people in actual positions of power, where laughing at them might actually get people fired...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

orange juice pumped directly into your home, and you pay with crypto

[Furiously taking notes]

[–] rottingleaf 10 points 5 months ago

who came up with an idea for orange juice pumped directly into your home

That maybe not as cool, but pneumatic city-wide mail system would be cool. Too expensive and hard to maintain, not even talking about pests and bacteria which would live there, but imagine ordering a milkshake with some fries and in 10 minutes hearing "thump", opening that little door in the wall of your apartment and seeing a package there (it'll be a mess inside though).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

This fucker seriously proposed brawndo on tap. Except perishable. Jesus fucking Christ.